sapak

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapak. Compare Tagalog sapak.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧pak
• IPA^(key): /saˈpak/ [saˈpak]

Noun

sapák

1. spank

   Synonyms: talpi, pitpit

2. slap

   Synonyms: sampal, tampal, dapang, sampaling, taplong

Derived terms

• magsapak
• sapakon

 

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sapac — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapak<t:crack, split, or sound of a crack of split. Compare Bikol Central sapak.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /saˈpak/ [sɐˈpak̚] (“slap; clacking sound when chewing; roofing leaves”, noun; “broken off (of a branch); sunk fully; (colloquial) beautiful, excellent”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -ak
  • IPA^(key): /ˈsapak/ [ˈsaː.pɐk̚] (“breaking of a tree branch or part where breaking has happened; act of stretching the mouth open or splitting lengthwise”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -apak
• Syllabification: sa‧pak

Noun

sapák (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜃ᜔)

1. slap; splitting downward blow using the hand

   Synonym: sampal

2. clacking sound produced when chewing
3. large and wide leaves used as roofing

Derived terms

• manapak
• masapak
• sapakin
• sumapak

 

Adjective

sapák (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜃ᜔)

1. broken off (of a branch, especially at the fork)

   Synonyms: bali, nabali

2. sunk to the full length

   Synonyms: sampak, sagad, baong-baon

3. (colloquial) very beautiful

   Synonym: napakaganda

4. (colloquial) very good; excellent

   Synonym: napakagaling

Noun

sapak (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜃ᜔)

1. part of a tree where a branch has broken off
2. breaking of a tree branch (from the main trunk)

   Synonyms: pagsapak, pagkasapak, lapak

3. act of stretching open the mouth (to dislocate the jaws)
4. act of splitting something lengthwise, especially by the grain

Derived terms

• magsapak
• masapak
• pagkasapak
• pagsapak
• sapakan
• sapakin
• sumapak

 

Further reading

• “sapak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sapak”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• kapas, paksa

Turkmen

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَبَق (sabaq).

Noun

sapak (definite accusative sapagy, plural sapaklar)

1. lesson, class
2. subject

Declension

Declension of sapak

	singular	plural
nominative	sapak	sapaklar
accusative	sapagy	sapaklary
genitive	sapagyň	sapaklaryň
dative	sapaga	sapaklara
locative	sapakda	sapaklarda
ablative	sapakdan	sapaklardan

Derived terms

• sapakdaş