topak
Limos Kalinga edit
Noun edit
topák
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. Possibly from katok or a backslang from impakto (“evil spirit causing temporary madness”): im-pak-to → to-pak.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
topak (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜉᜃ᜔)
- (colloquial) tantrum; moodiness (especially of a child)
- Synonym: sumpong
- (colloquial) madness; insanity
- Synonyms: kabaliwan, pagkabuang, sayad
- (colloquial) something wrong (with a device, system, etc.)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “topak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish طوپاق (topak), equivalent to top + -ak.
Noun edit
topak (definite accusative topağı, plural topaklar)
Declension edit
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “topak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- “topak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu