sapak
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Bikol Central
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapak. Compare Tagalog sapak.
Pronunciation
Noun
sapák
Derived terms
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapak<t:crack, split, or sound of a crack of split. Compare Bikol Central sapak.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /saˈpak/ (“slap; clacking sound when chewing; roofing leaves”, noun; “broken off (of a branch); sunk fully; (colloquial) beautiful, excellent”, adjective)
- Rhymes: -ak
- IPA(key): /ˈsapak/ (“breaking of a tree branch or part where breaking has happened; act of stretching the mouth open or splitting lengthwise”, noun)
- Rhymes: -apak
- IPA(key): /saˈpak/ (“slap; clacking sound when chewing; roofing leaves”, noun; “broken off (of a branch); sunk fully; (colloquial) beautiful, excellent”, adjective)
- Syllabification: sa‧pak
Noun
sapák (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜃ᜔)
- slap; splitting downward blow using the hand
- Synonym: sampal
- clacking sound produced when chewing
- large and wide leaves used as roofing
Derived terms
Adjective
sapák (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜃ᜔)
- broken off (of a branch, especially at the fork)
- sunk to the full length
- Synonyms: sampak, sagad, baong-baon
- (colloquial) very beautiful
- Synonym: napakaganda
- (colloquial) very good; excellent
- Synonym: napakagaling
Noun
sapak (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜃ᜔)
- part of a tree where a branch has broken off
- breaking of a tree branch (from the main trunk)
- Synonyms: pagsapak, pagkasapak, lapak
- act of stretching open the mouth (to dislocate the jaws)
- act of splitting something lengthwise, especially by the grain
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sapak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sapak”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Anagrams
Turkmen
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سَبَق (sabaq).
Pronunciation
Noun
sapak (definite accusative sapagy, plural sapaklar)
Declension
Declension of sapak
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sapak | sapaklar |
| accusative | sapagy | sapaklary |
| genitive | sapagyň | sapaklaryň |
| dative | sapaga | sapaklara |
| locative | sapakda | sapaklarda |
| ablative | sapakdan | sapaklardan |