salap

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic صَرْف (ṣarf, “money exchange; expense; money”). Compare Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf, “money changer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsalap/, [ˈsa.lɐp]
• Hyphenation: sa‧lap

Noun

salap (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜉ᜔)

1. (colloquial) tip (fee for a small service) [from 20th c.]

   Synonyms: pabuya, tip

2. (gambling, colloquial) small goodwill share of money given away by the winner to companions

   Synonym: balato

3. (fishing) small fishing net (used for catching fry and other tiny fishes)
4. (fishing) catching of fry and other tiny fishes using such a net

   Synonyms: pagsalap, pananalap

5. skimmer (utensil for skimming liquids)

   Synonym: panagap

6. skimming of liquid

   Synonyms: sagap, pagsagap, halagap, paghalagap

7. something skimmed on the surface of a liquid

   Synonym: sagap

8. (obsolete) wages; salary [18th–19th c.]
9. (obsolete) judge's fees [16th–17th c.]
   • 1752, Francisco de San José, Arte y reglas de la lengua Tagala:

     Magcano cayá ang quinoha mong salap sa caniya?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• ipagsalap
• magpasalap
• magsalap
• manalap
• pasalapan
• salapan

 

See also

• sima
• sakag

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈlap/, [sɐˈlap]
• Hyphenation: sa‧lap

Noun

saláp (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜉ᜔)

1. nearly missed strike or stab
2. (fishing) a type of freshwater fishing net

References

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 152