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单词 lapa
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lapan.

Brit. /ˈlɑːpə/, U.S. /ˈlɑpə/, South African English /ˈlɑːpə/
Forms: 1900s– lapa, 1900s– lappa.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Southern Sotho. Partly a borrowing from Northern Sotho. Partly a borrowing from Tswana. Etymons: Southern Sotho -lapa, Northern Sotho -lapa, Tswana -lapa.
Etymology: < Southern Sotho -lapa courtyard in a traditional homestead (singular lelapa, plural malapa) and its cognates Northern Sotho -lapa and Tswana -lapa.
1. South African. With reference to a traditional Sotho homestead.
a. A courtyard used for cooking, eating, and socializing, typically enclosed by a wall or fence, and sometimes covered by a roof.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > courtyard > [noun]
court1377
closec1440
quadrant1443
pryelle1480
base court1490
palace1506
quadranglec1543
courtyard1552
palace courta1679
quad1786
under-ward1826
tetrastoön1838
courtlet1844
riad1881
lapa1886
patio1931
1886 Month Mar. 392 Ravanango now invited the missionaries to enter the lapa or reception-hall, which stood upon a kind of terrace, and consisted of a large thatched roof supported by four columns.
1924 E. B. Ford Waterfalls 10 My boy! My son! He brought me everything His mealie-cart, his whip, his earthen cow And I played with him in the ‘lapa’ ring.
1959 Afr. Music 2 62 They build in a variety of styles.., the constant local feature being the yard or lapa.
1990 Weekly Mail (Johannesburg) 30 Mar. 11 A horde of grandchildren who scamper around the lapa of his homestead.
b. An enclosed area comprising the cluster of huts belonging to an extended family group; a homestead; a family group or household.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > village > [noun] > village in countries other than England
casal1511
clachana1530
rancheria1594
aldeia1609
stanitza1662
kraal1731
pettah1761
township1789
pueblo1808
rancho1819
kainga1820
aoul1828
bustee1834
obe1835
tref1841
kampong1844
mir1856
manyatta1905
lapa1909
shtetl1963
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > [noun] > house with dependent buildings
worthOE
homestead1610
werf1818
lapa1909
1909 C. L. Harries Notes on Sepedi Laws & Customs ii. 29 These debts arise chiefly through..the purchase of grain, clothing, etc., for the lapas.
1937 A. W. Hoernlé in I. Schapera Bantu-speaking Tribes S. Afr. iv. 91 Within the ward we find the households, each with its own homestead or lapa.
2002 S. Afr. Archaeol. Bull. 57 56/2 The high-status lapa complex also constitutes the western perimeter of the site.
2. In southern African tourist resorts, game reserves, etc.: an open-sided structure, typically consisting of a thatched roof supported by pillars, used for leisure and entertainment.Tourist lapas are a modern reimagining of traditional structures (see sense 1a).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > place of resort > [noun] > place of assembly
forum1735
venue1857
folk-stead1876
zoo1885
whare puni1911
assembly-place1936
lapa1982
1982 S. Afr. Panorama Dec. 13 Dinner is served in a reed walled boma, or lapa, within which tables are arranged in a big semi-circle. In the centre burns a log fire.
1999 N.Y. Times 21 Feb. tr12/4 Socializing and meals took place in Ongava's large and airy lapa.
2010 M. D. Firestone & A. Karlin Botswana & Namibia (ed. 2) 263/2 The comprehensive restaurant underneath the lapa is arguably the best eating place in town.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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