yakap
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Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈjakap/ [ˈjaː.xɐp̚]
- Rhymes: -akap
- Syllabification: ya‧kap
Noun
[edit]yakap (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃᜉ᜔)
- hug; embrace
- someone embraced by another
- (figurative) ready acceptance or taking in of a principle or doctrine
- Synonyms: tanggap, pagtanggap
- attachment to something to the side surface of another by nailing together (as a support or reinforcement)
- Synonyms: tapal, pagtatapal, sapi, pagsasapi
- (by extension, boxing) clinch
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “yakap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018