alipta
Meanings
noun
- An official responsible for training and anointing athletes for the games.
noun
- alipta muscata, a medicinal paste.
noun
- One of the four margas (traditional techniques for playing percussive intruments), which combines strokes of the vamaka and urdhavaka drums.
Word forms
Etymology
From Latin alipta (“trainer of wrestlers or gymnasts”), from Ancient Greek ἀλείπτης (aleíptēs).
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