llap

• llapit, llapoj
• lap — dialectal

Ultimately onomatopoeic, compare llup, lëpij, llufit, llapë, as well as Ancient Greek λάπτω (láptō), Old Armenian լափեմ (lapʻem), Bulgarian ла́пам (lápam).

Sense 4 may have arisen due to conflation with llaf (“chat, gossip”), compare the alternation llafazan, llapazan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɫap/
• Rhymes: -ap

llap (aorist llapa, participle llapur)

1. to lap, lap up (drink or eat quickly with the tongue)
2. to lick (of animals)
3. to gobble, scoff (eat quickly, greedily)

   Synonym: llup

5. to babble, chatter (speak irresponsibly)

   Synonym: llomotit

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