saplot
sáplot with stress marks
clothes; wrap
Usage Note
Saplot refers to clothing or fabric used to wrap or cover the body. It appears in literary and formal contexts more than in everyday speech, where 'damit' is more common. It can also be used as a verb meaning to wrap or clothe. In some regions it is used specifically for the cloth or shroud wrapping a deceased person.
Examples
" Bago ang saplot niya. "
Natural Translation
His/her clothing is new.
Literal Translation
New the clothing his/her.
" Wala siyang maayos na saplot. "
Natural Translation
He/She has no proper clothes.
Literal Translation
None he/she proper that clothes.
" Bago ilibing ang yumao, maingat nilang binalot ng puting saplot ang kanyang katawan. "
Natural Translation
Before burying the deceased, they carefully wrapped his/her body in a white shroud.
Literal Translation
Before bury the deceased, careful they wrapped of white shroud the his/her body.
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