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Treadle; foot-stool. Tapáki ang tapakán. Work the treadle. (see lapakán).

To throw away, discard, thrust out, cast forth, eject. Itápal sa bintánà iníng pánit (úpak) sang ságing. Throw these banana skins out of the window. (see pilák, habúy).

To slap, strike. See dapál.

Dim. and Freq. of tápal, tapál. Also: to square up, settle amicably, smooth things over (as a quarrel, controversy, or the like). (see kamólkámol, kapánkápan).

A block, bench, any kind of surface on which something is laid for cutting, etc.; a scape-goat, one made to bear the blame for another.

Bow-legged, bandy-legged. (see koíng).

(Sp. tapalodo) Mud-guard. (see sagáng, sa, lúnang).

To become or make even, level, flat, plain, plane. Nagtápan na ang ámon plása. Our public square has become level now. Tapána ang bakólod. Level down the hill. (see sáma, saláma, matápan).

Dim. and Freq. of tápan. Also: To settle peacefully, etc. (see kapánkápan, kamólkámol, tapáltápal).

On the windward side, not under the lee, open or exposed to the wind; to be or become exposed to the wind, etc. Ang ákon hulút ábong sa amíhan. My room is open to the north wind. Ginaabóngan sang habágat ang ámon kalán-an. Our refectory or dining-room is exposed to the south wind. Sádto ánay nalípdan sang kawáyan ang ákon kwárto, ápang karón, kay natapás na ang kawáyan, nagábong sa hángin. Formerly my room was sheltered behind bamboos, but now that the bamboos are cut down, it has become exposed to the wind, (see ámbi-open to the rain; abansáda).

(Sp. administración) Administration, management. (see dulumaláhan, talatapán).

Notwithstanding, in spite of, still, but yet, contrary to what one would expect, in defiance of all one would be led to believe. Nagpaninguhâ siá gid sa pagmánggad, agád namúsmus siá. He made great efforts to get rich, and yet he became very poor. Agád ginamligán ko ang ákon pagtikáng sa madánlug nga dálan, tapát gánì nakadúpyas akó. Although I carefully picked my steps on the slippery road, yet I slipped. Agád ginahingabút ang Sánta Iglesia sang íya mga kaáway, tapát gánì nagadúgang ang mga tumulóo. In spite of the fact that Holy Church is being persecuted by her enemies, her faithful adherents increase. Agád nahúlug akó. In spite of all I fell down. Agád napatáy siá! Yet he died! Who would have thought that he would die! (see tapát, hinonó-o).

A hollow, a shallow depression in the soil, in a floor, etc.; hollow, depressed, lower than the surrounding ground; to be or become depressed, etc. Tápana ang mga boklód-bóklod kag tampokán mo ang mga alimpásong, agúd magsaláma ang dútà. Lower the mounds and fill in the hollows in the ground, that the land may become level. (see limpásong, libaón, lúpyak).

Distance, separation, interstice, interval; to be distant (separate, away) one from another. Limá ka tápak ang íla antáray. Nagaantáray silá sing limá ka tápak. There is a distance (an open space) of five feet between them. They are spaced five feet apart. (see ántad, bál-ot).

To cut off near the root or close to the ground. Apasón mo ang paggúnting sang ákon bohôk. Cut my hair very short. Apasá ang pagtapás sang káhoy. Cut off the tree near the ground. Tuód nga inapasán. A stump cut close to the ground i.e. a short stump. (see sóop).

To strike in, add a hand to, to do something together with another in quick turns as one helping another to pound rice, workmen felling a tree or trimming wood by alternate blows, etc. Asod without any other qualification mostly means: to help another pound rice by alternate blows of the pestles. Asdi (asódi) si mánang mo. Help your elder sister to pound rice. Asdi si mánong mo sa pagtapás sang káhoy. Help your elder brother to fell the tree (by giving alternate strokes of the axe, now on this side, now on the other side of the tree). Ang pagásod sa pagkánta maláin, sa pagbásbas kag pagbayó maáyo. To strike in after another in singing (out of unison) is bad, but for dressing timber or pounding rice it is the proper or right thing to do. Ginásdan níla nga duhá sang ákig si Fuláno. They, both of them together, vented their anger on N.N.

(B) Level, flat, smooth, even, plane, plain, having no mounds or hills; to be level, etc. Bántang nga lugár iní dirí nga walâ sing bakólod. This is a level place here without hills. (see tápan, saláma).

(B) A shoot, a sprout from a stock, stem or trunk; to shoot or sprout from a cut branch or trunk. Iníng páhò, dúldul, etc. nga natapás sang isá ka túig may baróngbong na. This mango, cotton-tree, etc. that was cut down last year, has sprouted anew. Madámù nga mga káhoy kon tápson magapamaróngbong. Many trees, if cut down, will sprout again from the stump or trunk. Yanáng akásya nagabaróngbong na. That acacia is putting forth new shoots from its trunk. (see salíngsing).

Thickness; to thicken, become thick, said of flat substances like boards, sheets, clothes, etc. Dakmolá ang paghímò sing bibínka. Make the bibinca-cakes thick. Indì mo pagdakmolón ang pagtápa sang kárne, kóndì nipisón mo lang. Don't cut thick slices of meat, but carve thin ones. Utdon mo ang tápì sa nadakmolán. Cut the board at its thick part. (see dámol).

(H) To put-, place-, set-, upon (as on a block or some similar support). Idát-og ang líog sang manók sa tapalán, kag laboón. Place the chicken's neck on the block and chop it through. Kon magbíal ikáw sing gatóng, dat-ogí iníng káhoy. When you split firewood, lodge it on this piece of timber. (see dát-ol id.).