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alap

See also: ál’ap, àlāp, àláp, and ɑ́lɑ́p

English

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Sanskrit आलापा (ālāpā).

    Noun

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    alap (plural alaps)

    1. (music) The opening, improvised section of a Classical raga performance, before the formal recitation.
      • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 176:
        The alaap is the part of our classical music that I like best. It is an inward voyage, an odyssey into the unknown.

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    Bokar

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    Noun

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    alap

    1. wing

    References

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    • 欧阳觉亚 (1985), “alap”, in 珞巴族語言简志:崩尼-博嘎尔语 [Linguistic survey of the Lhoba people:Bokar language]‎[1], Beijing: 民族出版社, →OCLC, page 97

    Central Bikol

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈʔalap/ [ˈʔa.l̪ap]
    • Hyphenation: a‧lap

    Interjection

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    alap! (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜉ᜔)

    1. cheers!
      Synonym: tagay

    Galo

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    Noun

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    alap

    1. wing

    Hanunoo

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈʔalap/ [ˈʔa.lɐp]
    • Rhymes: -alap
    • Syllabification: a‧lap

    Noun

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    alap (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜩ᜴)

    1. a stick used in dancing held by a dancer, usually thin, made out of wood, and about 70 centimetres long

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    • At ceremonial dances, one accepts the stick if they are ready to dance.

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    Further reading

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    • Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 24

    Hungarian

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    Etymology

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    From al (“lower part”) +‎ -p (hypothetical nominal-forming suffix; obsolete). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1][2][3]

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ˈɒlɒp]
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɒp
    • Hyphenation: alap
    • Syllabification: a‧lap

    Noun

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    alap (plural alapok)

    1. base, foundation
    2. (finance) fund
      jótékonysági alap ― charitable fund
    3. (figuratively, especially in the forms alapon and alapján) (on a…) basis, (on the) basis (of…), (on the) grounds (of…), (by the) token (of…), (as a) matter (of…), (by) reason (of…), (at a/the/that) rate (that…)

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    Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
    singular plural
    nominative alap alapok
    accusative alapot alapokat
    dative alapnak alapoknak
    instrumental alappal alapokkal
    causal-final alapért alapokért
    translative alappá alapokká
    terminative alapig alapokig
    essive-formal alapként alapokként
    essive-modal alapul alapokul
    inessive alapban alapokban
    superessive alapon alapokon
    adessive alapnál alapoknál
    illative alapba alapokba
    sublative alapra alapokra
    allative alaphoz alapokhoz
    elative alapból alapokból
    delative alapról alapokról
    ablative alaptól alapoktól
    non-attributive
    possessive – singular     		alapé alapoké
    non-attributive
    possessive – plural     		alapéi alapokéi
    Possessive forms of alap
    possessor single possession multiple possessions
    1st person sing. alapom alapjaim
    2nd person sing. alapod alapjaid
    3rd person sing. alapja alapjai
    1st person plural alapunk alapjaink
    2nd person plural alapotok alapjaitok
    3rd person plural alapjuk alapjaik

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    References

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    1. ^ alap in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2025.
    2. ^ alap in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
    3. ^ alap in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

    Further reading

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    • alap in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
    • alap in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

    Javanese

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    Romanization

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    alap

    1. romanization of ꦲꦭꦥ꧀

    Malay

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    Inherited from Proto-Malayic *alap, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alap, from Proto-Austronesian *alap (“fetch, get, take”).

    First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (alap) in inflected form maṅalap (current spelling mengalap).

    Verb

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    alap (Jawi spelling الڤ)

    1. (colloquial, Kedah) to gather a fruit using pole (that attached with knife or hook).
    2. (obsolete) to take.
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    Adjective

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    alap (Jawi spelling الڤ, comparative lebih alap, superlative paling alap)

    1. slowly, calmly
    2. (colloquial) quite and gentle.
    3. unhurried
    4. within long intervals

    References

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    • Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “الڤ alap”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 17
    • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “الڤ alap”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 31
    • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “alap”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 17

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    Mongondow

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alap, from Proto-Austronesian *alap (“fetch, get, take”).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /aɭap/
    • Hyphenation: a‧lap

    Verb

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    alap

    1. to catch

    Old Javanese

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alap, from Proto-Austronesian *alap (“fetch, get, take”).

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    alap

    1. to take
    2. to fetch
    3. to carry off
    4. to steal
    5. to seize
    6. to win

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    Descendants

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    • Javanese: ꦲꦭꦥ꧀ (alap)

    Further reading

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    • "alap" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

    Tagalog

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alap, from Proto-Austronesian *alap (“fetch, get, take”).

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    Noun

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    alap (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜉ᜔)

    1. shift; turn (in a work or assignment)
      Synonyms: turno, halili, halang
    2. selective cutting or harvesting (of grass, rice, corn, fruits, etc.)
      Synonym: gamas
    3. recruitment (of laborers)
      Synonym: kalap
    4. enlistment (into the army or navy)
      Synonym: kalap
    5. scum
      Synonyms: eskoma, linab
    6. act of scooping out the scum (on the liquid surface)
      Synonyms: sagap, salap

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    Further reading

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    • “alap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

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