dapo

See also: DAPO and dǎpò

Central Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *dapu (“to perch, of birds”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdapoʔ/ [ˈd̪a.poʔ]
• Hyphenation: da‧po

Verb

dapò (plural darapo, Basahan spelling ᜇᜉᜓ)

1. to perch

   Synonym: tugdon

Derived terms

• dapuan
• magdapo
• padapo

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈpo/ [dɐˈpo]
• Hyphenation: da‧po

Noun

dapó (Kur-itan spelling ᜇᜉᜓ)

1. ash

Derived terms

• dapdapo
• dapoen
• dimmapo
• padapuen

References

• Rubino, Carl Ralph Galvez (2000), “dapo”, in Byron W. Bender, editor, Ilocano Dictionary and Grammar: Ilocano-English, English-Ilocano‎^[1] (overall work in English and Ilocano), Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 154
• Constantino, Ernesto (1971), Ilokano Dictionary‎^[2]. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• rapo — dialectal, Rizal, informal

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *dapu (“be attracted to, swarm around, as ants do on finding food”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdapoʔ/ [ˈd̪aː.poʔ]
• Rhymes: -apoʔ
• Syllabification: da‧po

Noun

dapò (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜉᜓ)

1. perching; alighting (of a bird)

   Synonyms: hapon, paghapon

2. (figurative) orchid

   Synonyms: orkidyas, orkid

3. (figurative) parasite

   Synonym: parasito

4. (biology, medicine) contraction of a disease

   Synonym: hawa

5. (colloquial) person related to the family by marriage

Derived terms

• dapo-sa-buho
• dapong-kahoy
• dapong-tubo
• dapuan
• dapuang-ibon
• dumapo
• madapuan
• padapo-dapo
• padapuan
• pagdapo

Further reading

• “dapo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “dapo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dapu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Zorc, David Paul (1982), Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 115

Anagrams

• paod, apdo