alapaap
Bikol Central edit
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Noun edit
alapáap (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜉᜀᜉ᜔)
- cloud (covering the mountains)
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Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Compare Tagalog alapap and Bikol Central alapaap.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog)
- Rhymes: (noun) -aʔap, (adjective) -ap
- Syllabification: a‧la‧pa‧ap
Noun edit
alapaap (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜉᜀᜉ᜔)
- high clouds
- Synonyms: alamaam, dalumoy, panganurin, dagim
- (in general, chiefly Marinduque) cloud
- Synonym: ulap
- (figurative) doubt; incertitude; indecision
- Synonyms: duda, alinlangan, alapap
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Adjective edit
alapaáp (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜉᜀᜉ᜔)
- worried
- Synonyms: nag-aalaala, di-mapalagay, alapap
- reluctant; in doubt; uncertain; hesitant
- Synonyms: bantulot, urong-sulong, nagbabantulot, nag-uurong-sulong, alapap
Further reading edit
- “alapaap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018