luap

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay luap, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luab, from Proto-Austronesian *luab (“swell up, as boiling rice; boil over”). Doublet of rob.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluap̚/
• Hyphenation: lu‧ap

Root

luap

1. overflow

Derived terms

• luapan
• meluap
• meluapkan

Further reading

• “luap”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016