SAPI
SAPI is a Cebuano word. In English, it means...
sapi v [A; a12] {1} ward o?
, brush away with the hand.
Akuy misapi sa íyang kamut nga isagpà untà sa bátà, He was about to strike the child, but I warded o?
his hand.
Wà ku makasapi sa búla nga gilábay sa ákung nawung, I was not able to ward o?
the ball that was thrown in my face.
Hisapihan nákù ang tása sa kapi, nayabu hinúun, I accidentally brushed the cup of co?
ee, and it spilled over.
{2} level o?
s.t.
heaping.
Sapiha ang bugas sa gantangan, Level the rice in the ganta measure.
exclamation: word uttered to brush s.t.
away.
Sapi!
Pahawà dihang irínga ka, Scram!
Get out of there, cat.
, brush away with the hand.
Akuy misapi sa íyang kamut nga isagpà untà sa bátà, He was about to strike the child, but I warded o?
his hand.
Wà ku makasapi sa búla nga gilábay sa ákung nawung, I was not able to ward o?
the ball that was thrown in my face.
Hisapihan nákù ang tása sa kapi, nayabu hinúun, I accidentally brushed the cup of co?
ee, and it spilled over.
{2} level o?
s.t.
heaping.
Sapiha ang bugas sa gantangan, Level the rice in the ganta measure.
exclamation: word uttered to brush s.t.
away.
Sapi!
Pahawà dihang irínga ka, Scram!
Get out of there, cat.