sapaw

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsapaw/ [ˈsa.paʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -apaw
• Syllabification: sa‧paw

Noun

sapaw (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜏ᜔)

1. (colloquial, figurative) overshadowing; upstaging; outdoing
2. first appearance or surfacing of spikes of grain (especially of rice plants)
3. spikes of grain that have just surfaced (on a rice field)
4. spreading over (of vines on a trellis)
5. first fruits of a tree
6. early season fruiting
7. (pathology) surfacing of skin diseases (as from an allergy)
8. (pathology) drying up or cicatrizing of a skin disease
9. cooking of something placed on the surface of rice being cooked on a pot (especially eggs)
10. something cooked in such a manner (especially eggs)

Derived terms

• magsapawan
• masapawan
• sapawan
• sumapaw