tapal

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See also: tąpał and təpal

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ta‧pal

Etymology 1

Probably from Dutch de paal (“the post”); compare to Malay tapal (“border”), Malayalam തപാൽ (tapāl, “post”) and Tamil தபால் (tapāl, “post”).

Noun

tapal (first-person possessive tapalku, second-person possessive tapalmu, third-person possessive tapalnya)

  1. post, stake, pole, pile
    Synonyms: pancang, patok
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Etymology 2

From Malay tapal (“lotion”), probably from Tamil தப்பளம் (tappaḷam, “smearing; oil”). Cognate Tagalog tapal. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tapal (first-person possessive tapalku, second-person possessive tapalmu, third-person possessive tapalnya)

  1. paste
    Synonym: pasta
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Further reading

Sambali

Noun

tapal

  1. patch

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapəl (“a patch, as on clothing”), from Proto-Austronesian *Capəl (“patch”). Compare Ilocano tapal, Bikol Central tapol, Agutaynen tampel, and Malay tampal.

Pronunciation

Noun

tapal (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜎ᜔)

  1. medical plaster or poultice
    Synonyms: patse, pamatse, implasto, pang-implasto, pantapal
  2. patch (to cover or mend a hole or tear)
    Synonym: tagpi
  3. act of applying a medical plaster or poultice
    Synonym: pagtatapal
  4. act of patching a hole or tear
    Synonyms: tagpi, pagtatagpi

Derived terms

Waray-Waray

Noun

tapal

  1. slap; smack
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