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attap|ˈætəp|
Also adap, atap.
[Native word.]
The name used in Malayo-Javanese regions for any palm-fronds used in thatching, esp. those of the palm Nipa fruticans; hence, a thatch made of these. Also attrib.
[1672Baldæus Ceylon 164 Het Huys is van Leem gemaakt, ende gedekt met Atap, ofte bladeren von Palmeer⁓boomen.] 1817Raffles Java I. iv. 166 In the maritime districts átap, or thatch, is made almost exclusively from the leaves of the nípa or búyu. Ibid., The leaves of the gébang..are too large and brittle to form durable átap. 1886Jrnl. Anthrop. Inst. XV. 293 The roof is thatched with the common Brettam attaps in the same way as Malay houses. 1897Blackw. Mag. Nov. 637/2 Overhead lizards ran in the attap thatch. 1924Chambers's Jrnl. 72/1 The atap-thatched, pile-perched native hutches. 1928Daily Express 13 Mar. 12/2 The coolie women of Bangkok, who cook their food..over an open fire in front of their ‘atap’ houses. 1951‘N. Shute’ Round Bend iii. 89 The little atap village was just by the strip. |