# atop
## English
### Etymology

From a- (“on”) +‎ top.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /əˈtɒp/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒp

### Preposition

atop
* On the top of.
    He sat atop the mountain, waiting for the end of the world.
** 1960 November, David Morgan, “"Piggyback"—U.S. success story”, in Trains Illustrated, page 684:For example, when trailers containing new automobiles were first piggybacked two areas of potential damage became evident: (1) diesel locomotive exhaust left a film of oil on the new autos; and (2) auto windshields could be scarred or cracked by the metal-tipped "tell-tales" which warn men atop trains of oncoming bridges or tunnels.
** 1966, The Minnesota Review, volume 6, page 242:A virtue is made out of a necessity, with the child feeling far more atop and master of his oddness, his behavior now deliberate or even clever.
** 2006, Dewey Lambdin, The Gun Ketch, page 48:"And other things," she echoed, nodding slowly and resting her body a little more atop him again.
** 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)
    “Monotheism was born here,” Goren tells me atop a cliff overlooking the sheet of iron-colored water.
* On the top (with of).
    He sat atop of the mountain, waiting for the end of the world.

#### Usage notes

"Atop of" was formerly much more commonly used than now.

#### Synonyms

* on top
* ontop (mainly US)

#### Derived terms

* thereatop

#### Translations
### Adverb

atop (not comparable)
* (literary or archaic) On, to, or at the top.
** 1909, William Dean Howells, Seven English Cities, Kessinger Publishing, published 2004, page 46:He has a handsome face, still bearded in the midst of a mostly clean-shaving nation, and with the white hairs prevalent on the cheeks and temples; his head is bald atop, though hardly from the uneasiness of wearing a crown.
** 1978, James C. Humes, Speaker's Treasury of Anecdotes About the Famous, Harper & Row, published 1978, page 102:The envoy found the French king playing the part of horse while his young son rode atop.
** 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 52:Everything large or small is carried atop out of habit as much as necessity, like a delightful but defiant challenge to the laws of gravity.
** 2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi‎, Hachette, →ISBN:Probably cuddled up, spooning. Netflix auto-playing atop their shared covers.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* POTA, pato

## Aklanon
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Compare Malay atap, Tagalog atip, Tausug atup, Rungus ta'ap, Tambunan Dusun ta'ap, Lotud ta'ap and Kimaragang ta'ap.

### Noun

atop
* roof; thatch

## Alangan
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Compare Malay atap, Tagalog atip, Tausug atup, Rungus ta'ap, Tambunan Dusun ta'ap, Lotud ta'ap and Kimaragang ta'ap.

### Noun

atop
* roof; thatch

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Compare Malay atap, Tagalog atip, Tausug atup, Rungus ta'ap, Tambunan Dusun ta'ap, Lotud ta'ap and Kimaragang ta'ap.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaˈtop/ [ʔaˈtop]
* Hyphenation: a‧top

### Noun

atóp (Basahan spelling ᜀᜆᜓᜉ᜔)
* roof; thatch
    Synonyms: bubong, bubongan

#### Derived terms

* atopan
* mag-atop

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Compare Malay atap, Tagalog atip, Tausug atup, Rungus ta'ap, Tambunan Dusun ta'ap, Lotud ta'ap and Kimaragang ta'ap.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧top
* IPA: /ʔaˈtop/ [ʔɐˈt̪op]

### Noun

atóp (Badlit spelling ᜀᜆᜓᜉ᜔)
* roof (cover at the top of a building)
* roofing (material used on the outside of a roof)
* rooftop
* paper covering for a kite

### Verb

atóp (Badlit spelling ᜀᜆᜓᜉ᜔)
* to put a roof; to cover or furnish with a roof
* to cover a kite with paper covering

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:atop.

### Anagrams

* otap, pato, tapo, taop

## Higaonon
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Compare Malay atap, Tagalog atip, Tausug atup, Rungus ta'ap, Tambunan Dusun ta'ap, Lotud ta'ap and Kimaragang ta'ap.

### Noun

atop
* roof

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Compare Malay atap, Tagalog atip, Tausug atup, Rungus ta'ap, Tambunan Dusun ta'ap, Lotud ta'ap and Kimaragang ta'ap.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧top
* IPA: /ʔaˈtop/ [ʔaˈtop]

### Noun

atóp
* roof
    Synonym: bubongan

#### Derived terms

* atopan
* mag-atop

## Ponosakan
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Cognate with Mongondow atop, Tausug atup, Tagalog atip, Indonesian atap.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaˈtɔp/
* Hyphenation: a‧top

### Noun

atop
* roof

### References

* ↑ J. Akun Danie, F. Rogi Warouw, A. B. G. Rattu, G. Karim Bachmid (1991) Fonologi Bahasa Ponosakan (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa – Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

## Southern Catanduanes Bicolano
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Compare Malay atap, Tagalog atip, Tausug atup, Rungus ta'ap, Tambunan Dusun ta'ap, Lotud ta'ap and Kimaragang ta'ap.

### Noun

atóp
* roof; thatch