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lapar

Pronunciation: /ˈlapa(r)/

“lapar” is a Malay word. Its meaning in English:

adjective

  1. hungry (affected by hunger; desirous of food)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *lapar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaʀ. Cognate with Old Javanese lapa and Sundanese palay.

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