gapos

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀapus.

gapos

1. to tie

gapos

1. to tie

gapos m pl

1. plural of gapo

From Proto-Philippine *ʀapus (“to tie or bind the hands or feet”) (cf. Bikol Central maggapos, Tausug gapus), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀapus (cf. Malay merapus).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈɡapos/ [ˈɡa.pos] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -apos
  • IPA^(key): /ɡaˈpos/ [ɡɐˈpos] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: ga‧pos

gapos (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜉᜓᜐ᜔)

1. object used to bind someone's arms, hands, or legs (such as rope, wire, cord, etc.)
2. binding of someone's arms, hands, or legs
3. tying of someone against a post
4. (figurative) restraints; restrictions

   Synonyms: hadlang, sagabal

• baliti

gapós (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜉᜓᜐ᜔)

1. bound; tied (of one's arms, hands, or legs)

• “gapos”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*Rapus”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary