delapan

See also: dĕlapan

Indonesian

Indonesian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : delapan

Etymology

From Malay delapan, from Proto-Malayic *dua(ʔ) alap-an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /dəˈlapan/ [dəˈla.pan]

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• Rhymes: -apan
• Syllabification: de‧la‧pan

Numeral

dêlapan

1. eight

Alternative forms

• lapan (colloquial)

Further reading

• “delapan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Malay numbers ^(edit)

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[a], [b], [c] ←  7	8	9  → [a], [b], [c]
Cardinal: delapan, selapan, lapan, asta     Ordinal: kelapan     Fractional: perlapan

Alternative forms

• lapan
• dĕlapan (1924-1972)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dua(ʔ) alap-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Austronesian *alap (“fetch, get, take”). Doublet of alap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəlapan/
• Rhymes: -apan, -pan, -an

Numeral

delapan (Jawi spelling دلاڤن)

1. eight

   Synonyms: selapan, asta

Derived terms

• lapan

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “دلاڤن doelapan”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 127
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “دلاڤن dulapan or dĕlapan”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 297
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “dĕlapan”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 267

Further reading

• “delapan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *alap