llap

See also: LLAP and Llap

Albanian

Alternative forms

• llapit, llapoj
• lap — dialectal

Etymology

Ultimately onomatopoeic, compare llup, lëpij, llufit, llapë, as well as Ancient Greek λάπτω (láptō), Old Armenian լափեմ (lapʻem), Bulgarian ла́пам (lápam).

Sense 4 may have arisen due to conflation with llaf (“chat, gossip”), compare the alternation llafazan, llapazan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɫap/
• Rhymes: -ap

Verb

llap (aorist llapa, participle llapur)

1. to lap, lap up (drink or eat quickly with the tongue)
2. to lick (of animals)
3. to gobble, scoff (eat quickly, greedily)

   Synonym: llup

5. to babble, chatter (speak irresponsibly)

   Synonym: llomotit

References

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980, page 1035b
• Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) “lëpí/j”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎^[2] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 242
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “llap”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 255b
• Leotti, Angelo (1916) L'albanese parlato (in Italian), Milan: U. Hoepli, page 114
• Weigand, Gustav (1914) “llap”, in Albanesisch–deutsches und deutsch–albanesisches Wörterbuch (in German), Leipzig: J. A. Barth, page 49b
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “λαπ”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 192
• Meyer, G. (1891) “ľap”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 237
• Rossi, F. (1875) “làpp”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 722b
• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lap”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 212