lapan

See also: Lapan, LAPAN, and läpän

Acehnese

Acehnese numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: lapan     Ordinal: keulapan

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *lapan, from earlier *dua-lapan. Cognate of *dua(ʔ) alap-an (“eight”, literally “two taken away [from ten]”) and therefore, Malay delapan, lapan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lapan/

Numeral

lapan

1. eight

Brunei Malay

Brunei Malay cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : lapan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dua(ʔ) alap-an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lapan/
• Hyphenation: la‧pan

Numeral

lapan

1. eight

Eastern Cham

Alternative forms

• ꨤꨚꩆ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Chamic *limpaːn, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalu-hipan, from Proto-Austronesian *qalu-Sipan.

Noun

lapan

1. centipede

Finnish

Verb

lapan

1. first-person singular present indicative of lappaa

Anagrams

• palan

Galician

Verb

lapan

1. third-person plural present indicative of lapar

Iban

Iban cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : lapan     Ordinal : kelapan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dua(ʔ) alap-an.

Numeral

lapan

1. eight

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -an
• Rhymes: -pan

Numeral

lapan

1. nonstandard spelling of delapan (“eight”)

Malay

Malay numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: delapan, selapan, lapan, asta     Ordinal: kelapan     Fractional: perlapan

Alternative forms

• delapan (chiefly Indonesia)

Etymology

Clipping of delapan, 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): /ˈlapan/ [ˈla.pan]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -apan, -pan, -an
• Hyphenation: la‧pan

Numeral

lapan (Jawi spelling لاڤن)

1. eight

   Synonyms: selapan (rare), asta (only in certain Sanskrit constructions)

Further reading

• “lapan”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Musi

Musi cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : lapan

Numeral

lapan

1. eight

Old Javanese

Etymology

Back-formation from alapan, affixed alap +‎ -an.

Noun

lapan

1. something taken

Alternative forms

• alapan

Derived terms

• dwalapan
• salapan

Further reading

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

Semai

Semai cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : lapan     Ordinal : ilapan

Etymology

From Malay lapan (“eight”).

Numeral

lapan

1. eight

Derived terms

• ilapan