tegakpas Variant. tigakpas verb English. Makes a slashing sound, as of blade's slashing grass, birds' wings in flight. Example sentence: Subanen. Tegakpas, danu nga migdempas. English. That swishing sound is the men cutting grass. Example sentence: Subanen. Ta' manukmenukay duni miktigakpas kitu? English. What kind of bird is that whose wings I hear swishing in flight?