talukap

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• talukab

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *talukaəb (“eyelid”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈlukap/ [t̪ɐˈluː.xɐp̚]
• Rhymes: -ukap
• Syllabification: ta‧lu‧kap

Noun

talukap (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜓᜃᜉ᜔)

1. sheath of palm leaves or banana stalks; thin sheathing found in plants

   Synonyms: upak, talupak

2. (anatomy) eyelid

   Synonyms: talukap-mata, takipmata

Derived terms

• talukap-mata

See also

• balok

Further reading

• “talukap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*talukaeb”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• talupak