adap

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See also: adăp

English

Noun

adap (countable and uncountable, plural adaps)

  1. Alternative form of attap

Cebuano

Etymology

From English adopt, from Middle French adopter, from Latin adoptare; ad +‎ optare (“to choose, desire”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧dap

Verb

adap

  1. to adopt; to take by choice into relationship (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.)

Quotations

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Derived terms

Iban

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *hadəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp (“front, facing part”).

Noun

adap

  1. aspect; situation

Verb

adap

  1. to face
  2. to seek an interview
  3. to go before
  4. to appear before
  5. to present oneself

Derived terms

Preposition

adap

  1. on the side of
  2. toward

References

  • Scott, N. C. (1956) A Dictionary of Sea Dayak‎, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Romanian

Pronunciation

Verb

adap

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of adăpa

Simalungun Batak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Batak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp (“front, facing part”)

Verb

adap

  1. to face

References

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آداب (adab), from Arabic آدَاب (ʔādāb).

Pronunciation

Noun

adap (definite accusative adabı)

  1. plural of edep; manners, mannerisms
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