Lopa [fr. lup: see lumpati] taking away, cutting off; as tt. g. apocope, elision (of the final letter) VbhA 164 (sabba -- loka -- vohāra˚); SnA 12, 303, 508; VvA 79; often in anunāsika˚ dropping of (final) ŋ SnA 410; VvA 154, 275. At S v.342 read piṇḍiy 'ālopena for piṇḍiyā lopena. -- Cp. ālopa, nillopa, vilopa, vilopiya.