sapupo
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- sapopo – obsolete
Etymology
Possibly from sa- + pupo. Compare Javanese pupu (“thigh”), Javanese pupwan (“place on the thigh”).[1]
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧pu‧po
- IPA(key): /saˈpupo/, [sɐˈpu.po]
Adjective
sapúpo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜓᜉᜓ)
- held by or supported carefully with the palms of one's hands
- Synonyms: sapo, salo, hawak, hawak-hawak
Noun
sapúpo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜓᜉᜓ)
- act of holding or supporting something carefully with the palms of one's hands
- (obsolete) act of sitting on the lap (especially by a child)
- Synonym: kalong
Derived terms
- magsapupo
- pasapupo
- sapupuhin
- sasapupuhin
- sinapupo
- sinapupunan
- sinasapupo
References
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, pages 210-211
Further reading
- “sapupo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- “sapupo” in Pinoy Dictionary, Cyberspace.ph, 2010-2023.
- “sapupo” in Tagalog-English Dictionary, TAGALOG LANG, 2007.
- Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- Fr. Domingo de los Santos (1835), Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte. (in Spanish & Tagalog), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot