aping
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Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
aping
- present participle and gerund of ape
Noun edit
aping (plural apings)
- Foolish imitation or mimicry.
- 1857, Augusta Johnstone, A woman's preachings for woman's practice, page 159:
- harmful apings of the better, and empty-headed apings of the worse
Translations edit
apery — see apery
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Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *apiŋ.
First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.
Pronunciation edit
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áping (Badlit spelling ᜀᜉᜒᜅ᜔)
- (anatomy) cheek
- (figurative) surface
- fleshy sides of a mango when sliced off and separated from the seed
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:aping.
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Lubuagan Kalinga edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *apiŋ.
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aping
Pangasinan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *apiŋ.
Pronunciation edit
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apíng
Waray-Waray edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *apiŋ.
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áping