yapo

See also: yapó and yāpò

Cypriot Arabic

Noun

yapó m

1. O my father! (vocative)

   yapó ana pri tarúx tatcallem slavát ― Dad! I want to get an education

Related terms

• yapát

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 136

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝapo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.po]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝapo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.po]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃapo/ [ˈʃa.po]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒapo/ [ˈʒa.po]

• Rhymes: -apo
• Syllabification: ya‧po

Verb

yapo

1. first-person singular present indicative of yapar

Tagalog

Etymology

From guwapo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈjapo/ [ˈjaː.po]
• Rhymes: -apo
• Syllabification: ya‧po

Adjective

yapo (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜉᜓ) (slang)

1. handsome

   Synonyms: guwapo, pogi, (slang) guwaping, (gay slang) yantaw

Further reading

• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 160

Anagrams

• ayop, apyo, payo, apoy