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atap

atap is the alternative form of attap.

Meaning of attap

Noun

attap (countable and uncountable, plural attaps)

  1. Nipa; a palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans.
  2. (Malaysia, Singapore) Thatch made from leaves of the nipa palm.
  3. (countable) A section of attap thatch.
    • I therefore sent my two men immediately to buy "ataps" (palm-leaf thatch) to repair the roof, and the next day, with the assistance of eight of the Sultan's men, got all my stores and furniture carried up and pretty comfortably arranged.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 37

Forms of atap

pluralataps

Questions about atap

What is atap the alternative form of?
Atap is the alternative form of attap.

Words near atap in the dictionary

  1. Atamosco lilies
  2. Atamosco lily
  3. Atanacio
  4. Atanacios
  5. atangle
  6. atap
  7. ataphrid
  8. ataphrids
  9. ATAPI
  10. ataprost
  11. ataps

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