"Apan" is a word in ILOKANO, HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
n. bait. v. /MANG-:-AN/ to put a bait on. Apanam dayta banniit mo. Put a bait on your fish hook. /MANGI-: I-/ to put as bait, to use as bait. --syn. AR-ARAK. --var. APPAN
apán - A full-grown locust. (cf.
palakúkwan—a young locust beginning to
grow wings, but not yet able to fly; tárik—a
young locust with newly grown wings, able
to fly, but not far; lúkso—a young locust
without wings, only capable of hopping
along the ground). Also used as a verb
figuratively. Abáw, nagalapán gid lang
ang mga dumulúaw dídto! Why, the
visitors there were as numerous as locusts!
Dílì nínyo pagapanán ang pagkáon. Don’t
fall upon the meal like locusts.
apan, apan-apan = alisiwsiw.
apan but, on the contrary.
n defect in a person.
Táwu nga walay apan, A person without defect.
v [A12] constitute the defect in s.
o.
or s.t.
Maáyu ang lawlaw.
Ang nakaapan buku-gun, Salted sardines are good; the only thing wrong with them is that they are boney.
apan-ápan v [A13; b6] keep saying but to avoid doing s.t.
Lakaw na, way apan-ápan, Get going, no buts about it.
Mag-apan-ápan siyag sugúun, He keeps saying but when you tell him to do s.t.
Kitai blinked slowly. "Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous.""We have a lot of words like that," Tavi said. "They can mean more than one thing.""That is stupid," Kitai said. "It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing.
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