dapa

See also: daPa

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧pa
• IPA^(key): /daˈpaʔ/, [d̪aˈpaʔ]

Verb

dapâ

1. Alternative form of dapla

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧pa

Noun

dapa

1. granary
2. loafer (shoe with no laces)

Verb

dapa

1. to duck or take cover

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• rapa — dialectal, Rizal, informal

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /daˈpaʔ/ [dɐˈpaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: da‧pa

Etymology 1

Noun

dapâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜉ)

1. lying down on one's stomach

   Synonym: pagdapa

2. falling down with one's face forward

   Synonyms: sungaba, pagkasungaba, subasob, pagkasubasob

3. (colloquial, figurative) defeat

   Synonyms: pagkatalo, talo

Derived terms

• dapaan
• dumapa
• kandarapa
• madapa
• magkandarapa
• magpatirapa
• maparapa
• maparapa
• nakadapa
• padapa
• padapain

 

Adjective

dapâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜉ)

1. fallen down on one's stomach

   Synonym: nakadapa

2. (colloquial, figurative) defeated; overpowered

   Synonyms: talo, natalo, bagsak, gapi, nagapi

Etymology 2

Noun

dapâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜉ)

1. flounder (especially righteye flounders)
2. a type of tonguefish

Further reading

• “dapa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018