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lapis

Pronunciation: [la.pes]

“lapis” is a Malay word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. layer
  2. row
  3. stratum

adjective

  1. flayed (of meat, etc.)
  2. a type of kuih made out of rice flour or wheat flour and coconut milk steamed layer by layer

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapis (“stone slab, thin layer”).

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