TAPI

TAPI is a Cebuano word. In English, it means...

tapi a crooked, slanted, not well-rounded, o?
the mark.
Tapi ning pagkasulat kay way linya ang papil, The lines are not straight because the paper has no lines.
Tapi siyag úlu, His head is not well-rounded.
Tapi man, wà mabuls-ay, Its o?
the mark, not a bulls-eye.
v {1} [AB; c1] come out crooked, o?
the mark; cause s.t.
to do so.
Mutapi (matapi) ang úlu sa bátà ug pirmi takildun, A child gets an irregularly-shaped head if he is put down on his side.
{2} [A; a1] fend o?
a blow with a sideward motion of the arm or club.
Tapihun nímu ang duslak kay mau nay labing piligrúsu, You must fend o?
the forward thrust because that is the most dangerous.
tapitápi v [A; c1] do s.t.
unevenly, zigzaggedly.
Nagtapitápig lakaw ang hubug, The drunk walked in a zigzag way.

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