lanap

See also: LANAP

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *laq(ə)nab (“to overflow, flood, of a river”). Compare Ilocano nabnab, Aklanon eanab, Cebuano lanap / lunop, and Malay lenyap.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /laˈnap/ [lɐˈn̪ap̚] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -ap
  • IPA^(key): /ˈlanap/ [ˈlaː.n̪ɐp̚] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -anap
• Syllabification: la‧nap

Adjective

lanáp (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈᜉ᜔)

1. extensively inundated or flooded

Noun

lanap (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈᜉ᜔)

1. extensive inundation; extensive flooding (of a wide area)
2. extensively flooded wide area

Further reading

• “lanap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*laq(e)nab”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• napal