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To be or become brittle, weak, easily breakable or fragile. Natapokán akó siníng hílo. This thread is too weak for my purpose. Nagtapók na iníng hénero. This cloth is worn out, has lost its strength, easily tears.

To hide, send away, exile, banish. Itápok siá sa malayô. Send him far away. Gintápok níya ang karabáw sa masíot. He hid the buffalo among the dense vegetation. (see sóbol, tábug, tágò).

Brittle, crumbly, fragile, friable; to be or become brittle, etc. Ang humáy nga mabasâ kon tumpihón magaháp-og. Wet rice, if collected into a heap (stack), will get brittle. Sang túig nga tinalíkdan háp-og gid ang ímo humáy; índì mo pagpahap-ogón sa karón nga túig. Last year your rice was very brittle; don't let it become brittle this year. (see tapók, matapúk).

See tápok, táp-ok.

Fish, especially hípon, cooked between two sheets of bark, or the like; to cook fish sandwiched between two sheets of bark.

Freq. of rehístro. Also to investigate, examine, search, inspect. Náno ang ginpanrehístro sang mga polís sa kabalayán? Ang idálum sang pántaw, kay may kasogoán sinâ nga tapokán. What (Why) are the policemen investigating (in) the houses? They are investigating the ground under the kitchen-balconies, because there is a law to the effect that it should be covered (with earth).