alap

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See also: áĺap, àlāp, àláp, and ɑ́lɑ́p

English

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Alternative forms

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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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Galo

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Noun

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alap

  1. wing

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)
  • Hyphenation: alap
  • Rhymes: -ɒp

Noun

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alap (plural alapok)

  1. base, foundation
  2. (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…)

Declension

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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

Derived terms

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Compound words

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, 2011–2024.
  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 Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: 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 2024).

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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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 Malay) to gather a fruit using pole (that attached with knife or hook).
  2. (obsolete) to take.
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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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alap (Jawi spelling الڤ)

  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

Further reading

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  • alap” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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

Verb

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alap

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

Derived terms

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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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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

Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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

Anagrams

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