tampa

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Galician

Tampa: an early medieval sepulcher lid, Panxón, Galicia
Tampa of the sepulture of Modesa, V-VIth century

Etymology

Maybe from Gothic *𐍄𐌰𐍀𐍀𐌰 (*tappa), from Proto-Germanic *tappô (English tap); compare the doublets tapa and zapa.

Pronunciation

Noun

tampa f (plural tampas)

  1. lid, cover
    Synonyms: cobertoira, tapa, tapadeira, testo, zapa
  2. tomb lid
    Synonym: campa

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “tapa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese tampa.

Verb

tampa

  1. to receive

Occitan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtam.pɒ/
  • (file)

Noun

tampa f (plural tampas)

  1. valve
  2. (nautical) seacock

Old Javanese

Verb

tampa

  1. to receive

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tam‧pa

Etymology 1

Maybe from Gothic *𐍄𐌰𐍀𐍀𐌰 (*tappa), Proto-Germanic *tappô, compare tapa, Italian tappo and English tap.

Noun

tampa f (plural tampas)

  1. lid; cover
  2. bottle cap
  3. plug
  4. (Portugal, informal) rejection
    Synonyms: recusa, rejeição
    • 2012, Catarina da Fonseca, O Clube das Encalhadas, Leya, →ISBN:
      É preciso gostares primeiro de ti próprio para ficares livre para gostares dos outros, porque se não, andas sempre com medo de levar uma tampa. Ele não, pelo que eu percebo. Se levar uma tampa, pior para elas. —Sim, deve ser isso.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

tampa

  1. inflection of tampar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tamˈpa/,
  • Hyphenation: tam‧pa

Noun

tampá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜉ)

  1. bid; offer made by a prospective buyer (in an auction, etc.)
    Synonyms: tawad, pagtawad
  2. bid amount; price offered in a bid
  3. advance payment
    Synonym: paunang bayad

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