From root: yakap
Usage Note
Kayakap refers to the specific person with whom someone is sharing a hug.
Examples
" Sino ang iyong kayakap? "
Natural Translation
Who is the person you are hugging?
Literal Translation
Who the your person-one-is-hugging?
" Nasaan ang iyong kayakap? "
Natural Translation
Where is the person you are hugging?
Literal Translation
Where the your person-one-is-hugging?
" Bumalik siya sa larawan at namangha kung gaano kalaki ang ngiti ng kanyang kayakap noong araw na iyon. "
Natural Translation
She looked back at the photo and marveled at how big the smile was on the person she was hugging that day.
Literal Translation
Returned she to photo and marveled how big the smile of her person-one-is-hugging on day that.
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