upos
Tagalog
upos ng sigarilyo
Alternative forms
- opos – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
Etymology
Compare Bikol Central apos.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: u‧pos
- IPA(key): /ʔuˈpos/, [ʔʊˈpos]
Noun
upós (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜓᜐ᜔)
- cigarette butt (typically used with ng sigarilyo)
- Synonym: beha
- Maraming nakakalat na upos ng sigarilyo sa kalye.
- Many cigarette butts are littered on the street.
- candlestub
- condition of being reduced to a stub or but (of cigars, cigarettes, candles, etc.)
- condition of being sunk or submerged fully into a certain depth (especially up to the hilt)
Derived terms
- maupos
- pagkaupos
See also
- sasangan
Adjective
upós (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜓᜐ᜔)
- reduced to a stub or but (of cigars, cigarettes, candles, etc.)
- submerged to the bottom
- Synonym: lubog
- sunk up to the hilt
- Synonyms: sagad, sapak, sampak