apek

From Hakka 阿伯 (â-pak, “paternal uncle, old man”).

• IPA^(key): /a.pɛk/
• Hyphenation: a‧pèk

apek (plural apek-apek, first-person possessive apekku, second-person possessive apekmu, third-person possessive apeknya)

1. honorific for Chinese parent or man.

• IPA^(key): /apək/
• Hyphenation: a‧pêk

apek (plural apek-apek)

1. (nonstandard) apak, mouldy

• IPA^(key): /-aˈpɛk/

apek (s-)

1. (transitive) to singe; to burn the feathers or bristles of.
   • 1999, José de Anchieta, Teatro de Anchieta (play, in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Martins Fontes, page 162:

     Xe posaká, xe ratã; oroapek; oroesyne…

     I am valiant, I am strong; I will singe you; I will roast you…

• The third person object pronoun for this verb is s-: e.g. asapek (“I singe him/them”).
• The infinitives are sapeka (“to singe something”) and tapeka (“to singe someone”).

• ⇒ Portuguese: sapecar

• Barbosa, A. Lemos; 1956; Curso de Tupi Antigo; Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José.
• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.pɛk/

apek

1. genitive plural of apka