yakap

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Noun

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yakap (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃᜉ᜔)

  1. hug; embrace
    Synonyms: pagyakap, yapos, pagyapos, abraso
  2. someone embraced by another
  3. (figurative) ready acceptance or taking in of a principle or doctrine
    Synonyms: tanggap, pagtanggap
  4. attachment to something to the side surface of another by nailing together (as a support or reinforcement)
    Synonyms: tapal, pagtatapal, sapi, pagsasapi
  5. (by extension, boxing) clinch

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Further reading

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  • yakap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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