sapupo

• sapopo — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Possibly from sa- +‎ pupo. Compare Javanese ꦥꦸꦥꦸ (pupu, “thigh”) and Old Javanese pupwan (“place of the thigh”).

• IPA^(key): /saˈpupo/, [sɐˈpu.po]
• Hyphenation: sa‧pu‧po

sapupo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜓᜉᜓ)

1. held by or supported carefully with the palms of one's hands

   Synonyms: sapo, salo, hawak, hawak-hawak

sapupo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜓᜉᜓ)

1. act of holding or supporting something carefully with the palms of one's hands
2. (obsolete) act of sitting on the lap (especially by a child)

   Synonym: kalong

• “sapupo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• “sapupo”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024
• “sapupo” in Tagalog-English Dictionary, TAGALOG LANG, 2007.
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, pages 210-211
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot