"Alep-Ep" is a word in ILOKANO

n. plaster, bandage; poultice, anodyne; also, a piece of banana leaf placed over a pot of rice under the cover when the rice is not cooking properly. v. /MANG-:-AN/ to place a bandage, plaster or poultice on (wounds, etc.); to place a banana leaf over (rice being cooked in a pot). Alep-epam dayta sugat mo. Put a bandage on your wound.