tapon

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Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tapón.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈpon/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧pon

Noun

tapón (Basahan spelling ᜆᜉᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. cork
  2. stopper
    Synonym: pasak

Derived terms

Central Dusun

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapən.

Noun

tapon

  1. fishhook

Finnish

Noun

tapon

  1. genitive singular of tappo

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.pɔ̃/
  • Audio (Canada):(file)

Noun

tapon m (plural tapons)

  1. bung; stopper
  2. (Quebec) load; shedload

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Bikol Central apon.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈtapon/ (“act of throwing away; wasted material; act of spilling; spilled liquid; banishment; deportee”, noun; “thrown away; spilled; deported”, adjective)
    • IPA(key): /taˈpon/ (“wasteful”, adjective)
  • Syllabification: ta‧pon

Noun

tapon (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. act of throwing away something
    Synonym: pagtatapon
  2. wasted material; anything thrown away or wasted
  3. act of spilling (of liquid in a container)
    Synonyms: pagligwak, pagkapaligwak, pagkaligwak
  4. spilled liquid
  5. banishment; deportation
    Synonyms: destiyero, pagdedestiyero
  6. deportee
    Synonym: desterado
Derived terms
See also

Adjective

tapon (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. thrown away for disposal; wasted
  2. spilled (of liquid from a container)
  3. deported; banished (of a person)

Adjective

tapón (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. wasteful, fond of wasting materials (of a person)
    Synonyms: mapagtapon, palatapon
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish tapón, from tapa +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

Noun

tapón (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. wine stopper; cork
    Synonym: pansara
  2. plug
    Synonyms: pasak, pamasak
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “tapon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

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