Proto-Baltic: *rē̂p- (-ja-) vb. tr., *rēp-l-iā̃, *rap-l-iā̃ f.
Meaning: snatch, seize
Lithuanian: rḗpti (-pia, -pē), rē̃pti (rē̃pia, -pē) '(zusammen)raffen, umfassen, umschliessen', pl. rē̃plēs, rãplēs 'Zange, Krebsschere'
Old Prussian: raples pl. `Zange' Voc. 520