laplap

laplap

1. to drive out; to chase away; to drive

láplap

1. cut, slice

laplap

1. (stative) to be important

• aklaplap

From Proto-Philippine *lapláp. Compare Hiligaynon laplap.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /lapˈlap/ [lɐpˈlap̚]
• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: lap‧lap

lapláp (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉ᜔ᜎᜉ᜔)

1. excoriation; skinning; flaying with a knife (of skin, meat, hide, etc.)

   Synonyms: talop, panit

2. (colloquial, vulgar) passionate kissing; torrid kissing

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

• plapla, palpal, pla-pla

From Samoan lavalava.

laplap

1. clothing