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Etymology
From ka- + usap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈʔusap/
- Hyphenation: ka‧u‧sap
Noun
kaúsap (plural kaurusap, Basahan spelling ᜃᜂᜐᜉ᜔)
- (Daet) The person whom the speaker is talking to.
- Synonyms: kaulay, kahuron, kaistoriyahan, kausip
Dai ka magpararibok! May kausap ako sa telepono.- Stop making noise! I'm talking to someone on the phone.
Siisay ang kausap mo?- Who are you talking to?
Derived terms
Tagalog
Etymology
From ka- + usap.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /kaˈʔusap/ (“interlocutor; (grammar) second person”, noun; “being talked to”, adjective)
- IPA(key): /kaʔuˈsap/ (“litigant”, noun; “engaged in a lawsuit”, adjective)
- Syllabification: ka‧u‧sap
Noun
kausap (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜂᜐᜉ᜔)
- person whom the speaker is talking to; interlocutor
Huwag kang mag-ingay! May kausap ako sa telepono.- Stop making noise! I'm talking to someone on the phone.
Sino ang kausap mo?- Who are you talking to?
- (grammar) second person
- Synonym: ikalawang panauhan
Derived terms
Adjective
kausap (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜂᜐᜉ᜔)
- being talked to; being conversed with (of a person)
- Synonym: kinakausap
Noun
kausáp (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜂᜐᜉ᜔)
- (law) litigant
- Synonym: kaasunto
Adjective
kausáp (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜂᜐᜉ᜔)
- engaged in a lawsuit (with someone)
Further reading
- “kausap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018