lapay verb English. Runs over, overflows, of liquids or other commodity which flows, as rice. Example sentence: Subanen. Miglapay na di gantang kiin. English. (The rice) is overflowing the rice-measuring box. lelapay noun English. A saltwater snail (ca. 3/4 cm. long) whose body is believed to be much larger than its shell and hence, seems to overflow it. Example sentence: Subanen. Mengimud paug lelapay, seda'an ta. English. I'm going to collect sea snails for our viand. Generic. susu'. palapay noun English. A structure built to span a river, expected to submerge during a flood. Synonym. palanas