lepas

See also: Lepas

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

lepas (plural lepases)

  1. Any of the genus Lepas of pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, etc.; a goose barnacle.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lepas”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Estonian

Noun

lepas

  1. inessive singular of lepp

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lepas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləpas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ləˈpas]
  • Hyphenation: lê‧pas

Adjective

lêpas

  1. free
    Synonym: bebas
  2. unbound, unchained
    Antonyms: terikat, tertambat
  3. escaped
  4. released
  5. (now dated) after
    Synonyms: sehabis, selepas, sesudah

Hyponyms

  • lepas angin
  • lepas ayam
  • lepas bebas
  • lepas buku
  • lepas burung
  • lepas cakap
  • lepas kendali
  • lepas kira-kira
  • lepas landas
  • lepas liar
  • lepas malu
  • lepas pantai
  • lepas tangan
  • lepas unggas

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləpas.

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (lapas), in inflected form marlapas (current spelling berlepas).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ləpas/
  • Rhymes: -epas, -pas, -as
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [ləˈpäs]

Adjective

lepas (Jawi spelling لڤس)

  1. after, past, ago.
    Synonyms: selepas, sehabis, sesudah, setelah
  2. free or escaped.
    Synonym: bebas
  3. unbound, unchained; released.
    Antonyms: terikat, tertambat
  4. (informal) to give birth.
  5. (informal, slang) be safe.

Derived terms

Verb

lepas (Jawi spelling لڤس)

  1. to unbound
  2. to release

Descendants

  • Indonesian: lepas

Further reading

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