sapupo
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from sa- + pupo. Compare Javanese ꦥꦸꦥꦸ (pupu, “thigh”) and Old Javanese pupwan (“place of the thigh”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sapupo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜓᜉᜓ)
- held by or supported carefully with the palms of one's hands
- Synonyms: sapo, salo, hawak, hawak-hawak
Noun edit
sapupo (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 edit
Further reading edit
- “sapupo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- “sapupo”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024
- “sapupo” in Tagalog-English Dictionary, TAGALOG LANG, 2007.
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, pages 210-211
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot