Description:

The term 'pirap' is generally used as a verb and means to close, shut or fasten. As a verb it is a skurun verb taking an ergative subject which is closing the object, and an absolutive object that is the thing being closed. Depending on context, that thing might be an object that can have opened and closed states (e.g., 'te pirap a lyt', 'close the box') or the closure itself (e.g., 'te pirap a laske', 'close the door') As a noun is is any closure or fastening.

The modifier form 'pirapys' means 'closed' or 'barred'. It can be used on a sign, for example, to indicate that a business if closed.

The expressions 'te fit pirap' and 'te lat pirap' mean to include and to exclude respectively.