yakap
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Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈjakap/ [ˈja.xɐp]
- Rhymes: -akap
- Syllabification: ya‧kap
Noun[edit]
yakap (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃᜉ᜔)
- hug; embrace
- someone embraced by another
- (figurative) ready acceptance or taking in of a principle or doctrine
- Synonyms: tanggap, pagtanggap
- attachment to something to the side surface of another by nailing together (as a support or reinforcement)
- Synonyms: tapal, pagtatapal, sapi, pagsasapi
- (by extension, boxing) clinch
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “yakap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018