tapa

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːpə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːpə

From Tongan tapa.

tapa (countable and uncountable, plural tapas)

1. A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry.

   Synonym: kapa

   • 2005, Roger Neich, Mick Pendergrast, Pacific Tapa, University of Hawaii Press, unnumbered page:

     For many of these cultures, clothing — or at least coverings for basic modesty such as loincloths and G-strings — is the main use of tapa.

• tappa

Borrowed from Spanish tapa.

tapa (plural tapas)

1. Any appetizer or snack served in the evening as part of tapas.

tapa (uncountable)

1. Seasoned slices of dried or cured meat in Filipino cuisine.

• APTA, PATA, atap

From Proto-Great Andamanese *tapə.

tapa

1. blind

• Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 20 (2009)

tapa

1. to cut

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

From Gothic *tappa, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”).

tapa f (plural tapes)

1. lid (top or cover)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

From Gothic *tappa, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”). Doublet of tap.

tapa f (plural tapes)

1. lid, top, cover
2. cover (of a book)

   Synonym: coberta

3. heelplate (reinforcing piece on the heel of a shoe)
4. tapa (appetizer)

• de tapa dura (“hardcover”)
• de tapa tova (“softcover”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tapa

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

• “tapa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• Hyphenation: ta‧pa

tapa

1. thinly sliced fried beef

tapa

1. to smoke fish

tapa

1. Second-person singular imperative form of tapma.
2. Present connegative form of tapma.

From Old Norse tapa.

• IPA^(key):

tapa (third person singular past indicative tapti, third person plural past indicative taptu, supine tapt)

1. to lose
   • tapa dyst

     to lose the match

From Proto-Finnic *tapa, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *dabāˀ (compare Latvian daba).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑpɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ta‧pa

tapa

1. habit (action performed on a regular basis)

   Meillä oli sunnuntaisin tapana mennä rannalle.

   We used to go to the beach on Sundays. / We would go to the beach on Sundays.

2. habit (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)

   Synonym: tottumus

3. custom (frequent repetition of the same act)

   Synonym: käytäntö

4. (usually in the plural) habit, manner (one's customary method of acting)
5. (usually in the plural) manner (good, polite behavior)
6. way, manner (to do something)

   jollain tavalla ― some way, by some means, somehow

• “tapa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑpɑˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ta‧pa

tapa

1. inflection of tappaa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• apat, pata

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tapa

1. third-person singular past historic of taper

tapa

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

From Old Norse tapa (“to lose”), cognate with the Swedish tappa and Danish tabe.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰaːpa/
• Rhymes: -aːpa

tapa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tapaði, supine tapað)

1. to lose

• tap

From Sanskrit तप (tapa), तपस् (tapas).

• IPA^(key): /ta.pa/
• Hyphenation: ta‧pa

tapa

1. to do asceticism

• IPA^(key): /ta.pa/
• Hyphenation: ta‧pa

tapa

1. a fish, (Gastromyzon borneensis).

• tapah

From Minangkabau, from Sanskrit तप (tapa).

• IPA^(key): /ta.pa/
• Hyphenation: ta‧pa

tapa

1. strong

• IPA^(key): /ta.pa/
• Hyphenation: ta‧pa

tapa

1. Alternative form of tempa

• “tapa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Finnic *tapa. Cognates include Finnish tapa and Estonian tava.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑpɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑpɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation: ta‧pa

tapa

1. way, manner
   • 1937, N. Iljin, Iƶoran Keelen Programma Alkușkoulua vart‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:

     Programman materiala ono jaettu jokahist oppivootta vart mokomal taval:

     The material of the curriculum is divided for every school year in the following way:

2. custom, tradition
   • 2009, Inkeri‎, volume 1, number 71, St. Petersburg, page 9:

     Hävijä heien kieli, kultuuri, tavad.

     Their language is disappearing, their culture, customs.

3. character, disposition
   • 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 78:

     Jo kaik pogranicnikat tiisivät hänen hoolimattoman tavan.

     All the border guards already knew his disobedient character.

• (manner): mooto, koosi

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑpɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑpɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation: ta‧pa

tapa

1. inflection of tappaa:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second-person singular imperative connegative

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 565

• tapadh (nonstandard, archaic)
• tapaidh (Munster, Ulster)

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠapˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠapˠuː/^[1] (corresponding to the form tapadh)

tapa

1. quick, ready, active

   Synonyms: mear, gasta, luath, sciobtha

   Antonym: mall

   Tá sé tapa as a lámha. ― He is quick with his hands.

   Tá sí tapa ar a cosa. ― She is fast on her feet.

   Nach tapa a choir sé? ― Didn't he tire very quickly?

• go beo tapa

tapa m (genitive singular tapa)

1. quickness, speed

   Synonyms: éascaíocht, luas, mire, tapúlacht

   Antonym: moille

2. readiness
3. activity, vigour

   Synonyms: lúth, gníomh

   Níl treoir ná tapa ann. ― He has neither strength nor vigour.

• ar do thapa
• déan tapa
• de thapa na huaire

• tapaigh

tapa f (4th declension)

1. plug (hole filler)
2. peg
3. spigot
4. pin
5. stopgap

tapa

1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of tapt

From Proto-Polynesian *tapa.

tapa

1. rim, edge, boundary
2. split
3. labia

From or cognate to a Cariban word like Kari'na topu (“stone”).

tapa

1. stone

• Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes (2004)
• Napoleón Peralta Barrera, El país de los muzos (1998)

• tapene

tapa n

1. definite plural of tap

• IPA^(key): /²tɑːpɑ/

tapa (present tense tapar/taper, past tense tapa/tapte, past participle tapa/tapt, passive infinitive tapast, present participle tapande, imperative tapa/tap)

1. a-infinitive and split infinitive form of tape

• IPA^(key): /²tæɪ̯.pɑ/

tapa (present tense tapar, past tense tapa, past participle tapa, passive infinitive tapast, present participle tapande, imperative tapa/tap)

1. alternative spelling of teipa

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːpɑ/

tapa n

1. definite plural of tap

• “tapa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *tappōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂pnéh₂ti, from *deh₂p- (“to lose, sacrifice”), from *deh₂- (“to divide”).

tapa

1. (transitive, with dative) to lose

• tapan f, tǫpun f

• Danish: tabe
• Faroese: tapa
• Icelandic: tapa
• Norwegian: tape, tapa
• Swedish: tappa

• “tapa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• Rhymes: -apɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧pa

From Gothic *tappa, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”). Cognate with Italian tappare.

tapa (Brazil) m or (Portugal) f (plural tapas)

1. (informal) a slap
2. (informal) argument without a replica
3. (Brazil, vulgar) discrete marijuana use

• estapear
• tapar
• pescotapa

tapa

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

Borrowed from French taper.

• IPA^(key): /taˈpa/

a tapa (third-person singular present tapează, past participle tapat) 1st conjugation

1. to borrow money without the intention to return it

• tapa in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

• IPA^(key): /ˈtapa/
• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: ta‧pa

From Gothic *𐍄𐌰𐍀𐍀𐌰 (*tappa), from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”). Cognate with Italian tappare and English tap.

tapa f (plural tapas)

1. lid, cap (the top or cover of a container)

   Synonyms: tapadera, (for bottles) tapón

2. the bottom of a shoe's heel
3. cover (the front and back of a book)

   Synonyms: (front cover) portada, cubierta

   de tapa blanda ― softcover

   de tapa dura ― hardcover

4. sluicegate

   Synonym: compuerta

5. flank (a cut of meat from the flank of a cow)
6. tapa, appetizer (small portion of food)
7. (in the plural, Argentina) dough for making empanadas (pastries)

• Tapa is a false friend, and does not mean tap. Spanish equivalents are shown in the "Translations" section of the English entry tap.

• → English: tapa

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tapa

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

• “tapa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

• pata, apta

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-tapa (infinitive kutapa)

1. to shiver, quiver, shudder

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapa, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *Capa. May be related to तप (tapa, “heat”).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtapa/ (“jerked meat, jerky”, noun; “jerked”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -apa
  • IPA^(key): /taˈpa/ (“smoked”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ta‧pa

tapa (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉ)

1. jerked meat; jerky (especially beef or pork)

tapa (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉ)

1. jerked; preserved by jerking

   Synonym: tinapa

tapá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉ)

1. smoked; cured by exposure to smoke (of meat or fish)

• tinapa

• pata, apat

Adapted from Malay tampal or tempel.

• IPA^(key):

tapa

1. (transitive) to patch something

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From Proto-Polynesian *tapa.

• IPA^(key): /ta.pa/

tapa

1. tapa (bordered Polynesian cloth)
2. edge; border

• → English: tapa

tapa

1. to flick

From Proto-Finnic *tapa.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑpɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation: ta‧pa

tapa

1. way, manner
2. custom
3. nature, character

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “tapa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

-tâpa

1. to extract, to take out
2. to demolish