Where does “dakpa imong utot” come from?
dakpa imong utot (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano dakpa, from Cebuano dakop, from Proto-Philippine dakəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dakəp, from Proto-Austronesian dakəp — to catch; to seize; to embrace.
dakpa imong utot (Cebuano): take a hike; kick rocks; get lost; go chase yourself. Used as a sharp, highly dismissive insult to tell someone to go away, to stop bothering you, or to go find something useless to do with their time
Definitions
- take a hike; kick rocks; get lost; go chase yourself. Used as a sharp, highly dismissive insult to tell someone to go away, to stop bothering you, or to go find something useless to do with their time
Ancestry of “dakpa imong utot”, step by step
dakpa imong utot traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Cebuano dakpa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | dakpa | imperative of dakop |
| 2 | Cebuano | dakop | to catch; to capture; to arrest; to seize |
| 3 | Proto-Philippine | dakəp | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | dakəp | to catch; to seize; to embrace |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | dakəp | to catch; to seize; to embrace |