tapon

See also: tapón

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tapón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈpon/, [taˈpon̪]
• Hyphenation: ta‧pon

Noun

tapón (Basahan spelling ᜆᜉᜓᜈ᜔)

1. cork
2. stopper

   Synonym: pasak

Derived terms

• magtapon
• taponan

 

Central Dusun

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapən.

Noun

tapon

1. fishhook

Finnish

Noun

tapon

1. genitive singular of tappo

Anagrams

• napot, nopat, panot, potan, topan

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.pɔ̃/

• Audio (CAN)

  (file)

Noun

tapon m (plural tapons)

1. bung; stopper
2. (Quebec) load; shedload

Further reading

• “tapon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Bikol Central apon.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtapon/ [ˈta.pon] (“act of throwing away; wasted material; act of spilling; spilled liquid; banishment; deportee”, noun; “thrown away; spilled; deported”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -apon
  • IPA^(key): /taˈpon/ [tɐˈpon] (“wasteful”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ta‧pon

Noun

tapon (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜓᜈ᜔)

1. act of throwing away something

   Synonym: pagtatapon

2. wasted material; anything thrown away or wasted
3. act of spilling (of liquid in a container)

   Synonyms: pagligwak, pagkapaligwak, pagkaligwak

4. spilled liquid
5. banishment; deportation

   Synonyms: destiyero, pagdedestiyero

6. deportee

   Synonym: desterado

Derived terms

• ipatapon
• itapon
• magtapon
• mapatapon
• matapon
• matapunan
• pagkakatapon
• pagkamapagtapon
• pagtatapon
• panapon
• taponlulan
• tapunan
• tumapon

 

See also

• tilapon

Adjective

tapon (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜓᜈ᜔)

1. thrown away for disposal; wasted
2. spilled (of liquid from a container)
3. deported; banished (of a person)

Adjective

tapón (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜓᜈ᜔)

1. wasteful, fond of wasting materials (of a person)

   Synonyms: mapagtapon, palatapon

Derived terms

• mapagtapon
• palatapon
• patapon

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish tapón, from tapa +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈpon/, [tɐˈpon]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ta‧pon

Noun

tapón (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜓᜈ᜔)

1. wine stopper; cork

   Synonym: pansara

2. plug

   Synonyms: pasak, pamasak

Derived terms

• itapon
• magtapon
• taponan

 

Related terms

• abretapa
• tapaboka
• tapadera
• tapapetso

 

Further reading

• “tapon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018