lape

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meaning

sleep, rest, break from an activity or work

semantic space · lipamanka

The semantic space of lape contains sleep and rests. More abstractly, lape can mean anything from a short break from walking to a gap year in college, and less abstractly lape can mean a nap or sleeping. Using lape to describe an action often implies that the level of effort or involvement is lower when compared to surrounding activities, and it's possible to get creative with it when one pays attention to levels of effort.

pu definition

  • ADJECTIVE sleeping, resting

ku translations

sleep100 asleep80 rest58 lay31 lie (be in flat position)26

usage

core · 100% usage

found in pu

coined pre-pu

origin

slapen: Dutch, sleep

coined by jan Sonja

listen

kala Asi

jan Lakuse

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ucsur

U+F1922

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gif · mp4

LAPE

resting one's head on one's hand

one-handed · FlatB · placed beside head

multiple SLs · SLEEP