lapalapa
English
Noun
lapalapa
- A three-sided Samoan warclub.
Cebuano
Etymology
First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: la‧pa‧la‧pa
Noun
lapalapa
- the sole of the foot
- (footwear) the bottom of a shoe or boot
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:lapalapa.
Yoruba
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /là.k͡pá.là.k͡pá/
Noun
làpálàpá
- ringworm
Derived terms
- a kì í fi ẹ̀tẹ̀ sílẹ̀ pa làpálàpá (“we don’t leave leprosy in order to treat ringworm”)