lepas

See also: Lepas

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

lepas (plural lepases)

  1. (archaic) Any of the genus Lepas of pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, etc.; a goose barnacle.
    • 1801, Charles Alexandre de Calonne, A Catalogue of the Whole Contents of the Celebrated Museum formed by M. De Calonne, page 58:
      60. The tiger tower, a mitres, a lithophagus, a purple rayed solen, a lepas, and 9 other shells.
    • 1835, W. B. Clarke, “Remarks on some Barnacles of the Species Lepas antifera found floating off St. Adhelm's Head, on the Coast of Dorset”, in The Magazine of natural history, volume 8, page 116:
      The peduncles of the lepases are flexible; and Dr. Weatherill has ascribed to the species which he has noticed in V. 339–342., the power of availing itself of this flexibility in "extending, shrinking, and writhing itself at pleasure."
    • 1847, Joseph Beete Jukes, Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H. M. S. Fly, page 141:
      It was probably either a large mytilus, a meleagrina, or a pinna, and was certainly not a lepas.

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Estonian

Noun

lepas

  1. inessive singular of lepp

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

lêpas (comparative lebih lepas, superlative paling lepas)

  1. untethered
    Antonym: tertambat
  2. unleashed, unbound, unchained
    Antonym: terikat
  3. escaped
    Synonym: kabur
  4. released (from punishment e.g. prison)
    Synonym: bebas
  5. fall out
    Synonym: copot
  6. free
    Synonym: bebas
  7. no longer within living memory
    Antonym: hilang
  8. (now dated) after
    Synonyms: bakda, sehabis, selepas, sesudah

Derived terms

  • 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

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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: -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

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