The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Words for embrace in Ilokano

arákup

Roots
*-kup
Form.
Pazeh kaukup to brood eggs; to cover chicks with its wings (of a hen)
Paiwan lakup covering (as new bark which grows over scar on tree)
PMP
PMP rakup gather in the cupped hands
akup cup in the hands
PWMP
PWMP kupkup cover with a thin layer (possibly identical to Dempwolff's * 'grasp, hold')
cukup close, cover
tukup to cover
likup encircle
tikup shut, close
cakup close, enclose
takup enclose, cover up
WMP
Ilokano arákup embrace
Hiligaynon hákup handful, fistful
Maranao okop airtight; protect from evaporation, as perfume
Tiruray talikuf encircle
Iban ruŋkup invert, turn upside down on, cover completely
paŋkup squeeze trap for squirrels and rats
luŋkup (of boats, bowls, etc.) turn upside down
Malay cekup making a scoop of the hand and putting it down on anything; e.g. to catch a fly without killing it
Javanese eŋkup to close up (umbrellas, etc.)
iŋkup closed up, folded
tlakup covering leaf of a flower or bud
Balinese selaŋkup snare for catching jungle-fowl
saŋkop scoop up water with a hand
cikup enclose, hold together
OC
Samoan ʔaʔuf-ia included, embraced, covered