mengapit noun English. A hawk, probably the crested goshawk Scientific name. Accipiter trivirgatus. Example sentence: Subanen. Mekatag di mengapit, kaas iini piningalan nami dun, pu' sa' duuni maita'en pesuy, pia dia titenga' silung, epitenen da degitay. English. Concerning the reason we call it that is because when it sees a chick, even if it is way under a house, it swoops down and catches the chick and flies on. Generic. dagit; manukmanuk