dapa
See also: daPa
Bikol Central edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dapâ
- Alternative form of dapla
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: da‧pa
Noun edit
dapa
Verb edit
dapa
- to duck or take cover
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
dapâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜉ)
- lying down on one's stomach
- Synonym: pagdapa
- falling down with one's face forward
- Synonyms: sungaba, pagkasungaba, subasob, pagkasubasob
- (colloquial, figurative) defeat
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
dapâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜉ)
- fallen down on one's stomach
- Synonym: nakadapa
- (colloquial, figurative) defeated; overpowered
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
dapâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜉ)
- flounder (especially righteye flounders)
- a type of tonguefish
Further reading edit
- “dapa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018