la'apan noun English. A small, brass container for betelnut chew components, often curved to fit one's belt. Example sentence: Subanen. Begay mu tu ni Pialan kini' la'apan, pu' kamun pa minateng, nda' tanan kemama'. English. Hand Pialan this betelnut container, for he arrived here earlier, he hasn't been able to chew any betelnut yet.