lapit

• IPA^(key): /laˈpit/ [l̪aˈpit]
• Hyphenation: la‧pit

lapít (Basahan spelling ᜎᜉᜒᜆ᜔)

1. (anatomy) testicles (of a male child)

   Synonyms: bayag, sugok-sugok, bunay-bunay, itlog

lapit

1. nominative plural of lappi

• Alpit, alpit, lipat, pilat

Borrowed from Latin Lapithae or French lapithe.

lapit m (plural lapiți)

1. Lapith

• lapet — colloquial

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dapət (“to place in contact with one another, come in contact, space closely”) or Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rapət (“to join together, attach tightly”). Compare Indonesian rapat (“close; tight”), Javanese ꦫꦥꦼꦠ꧀ (rapet, “tightly closed; close; next to”), Malagasy rafitra (“carpenter's work, masonry”).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈlapit/ [ˈlaː.pɪt̪̚], (colloquial) /ˈlapet/ [ˈlaː.pɛt̪̚] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -apit
  • IPA^(key): /laˈpit/ [lɐˈpɪt̪̚], (colloquial) /laˈpet/ [lɐˈpɛt̪̚] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: la‧pit

lapit (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉᜒᜆ᜔)

1. nearness; proximity; closeness

   Synonym: kalapitan

2. approaching (of a person or place)

   Synonyms: dais, pagdais, paglapit

3. seeking of help (by approaching someone)
4. intimacy; closeness

   Synonyms: talik, katalikan

lapít (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉᜒᜆ᜔)

1. near each other

   Synonyms: magkalapit, tabi, magkatabi

• “lapit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dapet”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*rapet”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• lipat, palit, pilat, tapil