dapuan
dapuán with stress marks
to alight on [it]
From root: dapo
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
dinapuan
di-na-pu-AN
alighted on
Present (Incomplete)
dinadapuan
di-na-da-pu-AN
is being alighted on
Future (Contemplated)
dadapuan
da-da-pu-AN
will be alighted on
Usage Note
Dapuan is the locative object-focus form of dapo, with the landing surface as the grammatical focus. It describes birds, insects, or butterflies alighting on something, and is also used metaphorically when illness or misfortune settles upon a person.
Examples
" Huwag dapuan ng langaw ang ulam. "
Natural Translation
Do not let flies land on the dish.
Literal Translation
Do-not alight-on by fly the dish.
" Ayaw ko na dapuan ng langaw ang pagkain. "
Natural Translation
I do not want flies to alight on the food.
Literal Translation
Dislike I to alight on by fly the food.
" Takpan mo ang pagkain para hindi dapuan ng mga langaw na laging nakapaligid sa lamesa. "
Natural Translation
Cover the food so it won't be landed on by the flies that always hover around the table.
Literal Translation
Cover you the food so-that not alight-on by flies that always around at table.
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