apiapi

See also: api-api

Māori

Adjective

apiapi

1. crowded together

Further reading

• Tregear, Edward (1891), “apiapi”, in Maori–Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎^[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• api-api
• piapi

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay api-api (“firefly; generic name for a number of trees of the mangrove class”), from api (“fire”), because the tree attracts fireflies. Compare Central Bikol api-api, Cebuano miyapi, and Hiligaynon api-api.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌʔapiˈʔapi/ [ˌʔaː.pɪˈʔaː.pɪ]
• Rhymes: -api
• Syllabification: a‧pi‧a‧pi

Noun

ápiápi (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜒᜀᜉᜒ)

1. Indian mangrove (Avicennia officinalis, a tree traditionally used for making charcoal and firewood)

   Synonyms: bungalon, pipisik

See also

• apoy-apuyan
• bakaw

Further reading

• “apiapi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por el P. Juan de Noceda y el P. Pedro de Sanlucar. Ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados. [Vocabulary of the Tagalog language, compiled by several learned and serious religious men, and coordinated by Fr. Juan de Noceda and Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar. Recently augmented and corrected by several religious of the calced Order of Augustinians.]‎^[2] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.