dapo

See also: DAPO and dǎpò

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *dapu (“to perch, of birds”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdapoʔ/ [ˈd̪a.poʔ]
• Hyphenation: da‧po

Verb

dapò (plural darapo, Basahan spelling ᜇᜉᜓ)

1. to perch

   Synonym: tugdon

Derived terms

• dapuan
• magdapo
• padapo

 

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• rapo — dialectal, Rizal, informal

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *dapu (“be attracted to, swarm around, as ants do on finding food”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdapoʔ/ [ˈd̪aː.poʔ]
• Rhymes: -apoʔ
• Syllabification: da‧po

Noun

dapò (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜉᜓ)

1. perching; alighting (of a bird)

   Synonyms: hapon, paghapon

2. (figurative) orchid

   Synonyms: orkidya, orkid

3. (figurative) parasite

   Synonym: parasito

4. (biology, medicine) contraction of a disease

   Synonym: hawa

5. (colloquial) person related to the family by marriage

Derived terms

• dapo-sa-buho
• dapong-kahoy
• dapong-tubo
• dapuan
• dapuang-ibon
• dumapo
• madapuan
• padapo-dapo
• padapuan
• pagdapo

 

Further reading

• “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; et al. (2023) “*dapu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 115

Anagrams

• paod, apdo