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sapu

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Singapore/ˈsɑ.puː/

sapu verb: to eat up.

Verb

sapu (third-person singular simple present sapus, present participle sapuing, simple past and past participle sapued)

  1. (Singlish, colloquial) to eat up
    • I liked to sapu everything.2004 June 6, “Beancurd made me fat”, in The Sunday Times (LifeStyle), page 31
  2. (Singlish, colloquial) to steal

Forms of sapu

third-person singular presentsapus
present participlesapuing
past participlesapued
pastsapued

Origin of sapu

Borrowed from Malay sapu.

Questions about sapu

What does sapu mean?
Sapu means to eat up.
What part of speech is sapu?
Sapu is a verb.
How do you pronounce sapu?
Sapu is pronounced /ˈsɑ.puː/ (Singapore).
What is the past tense of sapu?
The past tense of sapu is sapued.

Words near sapu in the dictionary

  1. Saptami
  2. saptapadi
  3. saptaratha
  4. Saptarishi
  5. Saptarshi
  6. sapu
  7. sapucaia
  8. sapucaias
  9. sapucainha
  10. sapucaya
  11. sapucayas

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