From root: gapang
Usage Note
Gapangan is a framework or lattice made of wood or bamboo used to support climbing and creeping plants.
Examples
" Gumawa kami ng gapangan. "
Natural Translation
We made a trellis.
Literal Translation
Made we of trellis.
" Naglagay kami ng gapangan para sa ubas. "
Natural Translation
We put up a trellis for the grapes.
Literal Translation
Put we of trellis for the grapes.
" Habang lumalaki ang halaman, dahan-dahan itong gumagapang paitaas sa gapangan na ginawa namin sa likod-bahay. "
Natural Translation
As the plant grows, it slowly creeps upward along the trellis we built in the backyard.
Literal Translation
While growing the plant, slowly it creeping going-up on trellis that made we on back-house.
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