lepas

Pronunciation: /ləpas/

“lepas” is a Malay word. Its 7 meanings in English:

adjective

after, past, ago.
free or escaped.
unbound, unchained; released.
to give birth.
be safe.

verb

to unbound
to release

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).

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