dapo
التعريفات والمعاني
== Central Bikol ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *dapu (“to perch, of birds”)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈdapoʔ/ [ˈd̪a.poʔ]
Hyphenation: da‧po
=== Verb ===
dapò (plural darapo, Basahan spelling ᜇᜉᜓ)
to perch
Synonym: tugdon
==== Derived terms ====
== Ilocano ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /daˈpo/ [dɐˈpo]
Hyphenation: da‧po
=== Noun ===
dapó (Kur-itan spelling ᜇᜉᜓ)
ash
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
Rubino, Carl Ralph Galvez (2000), “dapo”, in Byron W. Bender, editor, Ilocano Dictionary and Grammar: Ilocano-English, English-Ilocano[1] (overall work in English and Ilocano), Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 154
Constantino, Ernesto (1971), Ilokano Dictionary[2]. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
== Tagalog ==
=== Alternative forms ===
rapo — dialectal, Rizal, informal
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *dapu (“be attracted to, swarm around, as ants do on finding food”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdapoʔ/ [ˈd̪aː.poʔ]
Rhymes: -apoʔ
Syllabification: da‧po
=== Noun ===
dapò (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜉᜓ)
perching; alighting (of a bird)
Synonyms: hapon, paghapon
(figurative) orchid
Synonyms: orkidyas, orkid
(figurative) parasite
Synonym: parasito
(biology, medicine) contraction of a disease
Synonym: hawa
(colloquial) person related to the family by marriage
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“dapo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
“dapo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dapu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Zorc, David Paul (1982), Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 115
=== Anagrams ===
paod, apdo