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Tagalog
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic صَرْف (ṣarf, “money exchange; expense; money”). Compare Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf, “money changer”).
Pronunciation
Noun
salap (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜉ᜔)
- (colloquial) tip (fee for a small service)
- Synonyms: pabuya, tip
- (gambling, colloquial) small goodwill share of money given away by the winner to companions
- Synonym: balato
- (fishing) small fishing net (used for catching fry and other tiny fishes)
- (fishing) catching of fry and other tiny fishes using such a net
- Synonyms: pagsalap, pananalap
- skimmer (utensil for skimming liquids)
- Synonym: panagap
- skimming of liquid
- Synonyms: sagap, pagsagap, halagap, paghalagap
- something skimmed on the surface of a liquid
- Synonym: sagap
- (obsolete) wages; salary
- (obsolete) judge's fees
1752, Francisco de San José, Arte y reglas de la lengua Tagala:
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
saláp (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜉ᜔)
- nearly missed strike or stab
- (fishing) a type of freshwater fishing net
References
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 152
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