dapo
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Bikol Central[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
dapo
Derived terms[edit]
Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Philippine *dapu (“be attracted to, swarm around, as ants do on finding food”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdapoʔ/ [ˈda.poʔ]
- Rhymes: -apoʔ
- Syllabification: da‧po
Noun[edit]
dapò (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜉᜓ)
- perching; alighting (of a bird)
- (figurative) orchid
- (figurative) parasite
- Synonym: parasito
- (biology, medicine) contraction of a disease
- Synonym: hawa
- (colloquial) person related to the family by marriage
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “dapo” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “dapo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*dapu”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
- Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 115
Categories:
- Bikol Central terms with IPA pronunciation
- Bikol Central lemmas
- Bikol Central verbs
- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Philippine
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/apoʔ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/apoʔ/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Biology
- tl:Medicine
- Tagalog colloquialisms
- tl:Flowers
- tl:Orchids
- tl:People
- tl:Parasitology