sapak

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapak. Compare Tagalog sapak.

• Hyphenation: sa‧pak
• IPA^(key): /saˈpak/, [saˈpak]

sapák

1. spank

   Synonyms: talpi, pitpit

2. slap

   Synonyms: sampal, tampal, dapang, sampaling, taplong

• sapac — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapak<t:crack, split, or sound of a crack of split. Compare Bikol Central sapak.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /saˈpak/ [sɐˈpak] (“slap; clacking sound when chewing; roofing leaves”, noun; “broken off (of a branch); sunk fully; (colloquial) beautiful, excellent”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -ak
  • IPA^(key): /ˈsapak/ [ˈsa.pɐk] (“breaking of a tree branch or part where breaking has happened; act of stretching the mouth open or splitting lengthwise”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -apak
• Syllabification: sa‧pak

sapák (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜃ᜔)

1. slap; splitting downward blow using the hand

   Synonym: sampal

2. clacking sound produced when chewing
3. large and wide leaves used as roofing

sapák (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜃ᜔)

1. broken off (of a branch, especially at the fork)

   Synonyms: bali, nabali

2. sunk to the full length

   Synonyms: sampak, sagad, baong-baon

3. (colloquial) very beautiful

   Synonym: napakaganda

4. (colloquial) very good; excellent

   Synonym: napakagaling

sapak (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜃ᜔)

1. part of a tree where a branch has broken off
2. breaking of a tree branch (from the main trunk)

   Synonyms: pagsapak, pagkasapak, lapak

3. act of stretching open the mouth (to dislocate the jaws)
4. act of splitting something lengthwise, especially by the grain

• “sapak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*sapak”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary