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Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay tapa-tapa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapa, from Proto-Austronesian *Capa (“to smoke fish or meat for preservation”).
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Noun
tapa-tapa (plural tapa-tapa)
- slice of dried salted fish
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Malay
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapa, from Proto-Austronesian *Capa (“to smoke fish or meat for preservation”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tapa-tapa (Jawi spelling تاڤ٢, plural tapa-tapa-tapa-tapa, informal 1st possessive tapa-tapaku, 2nd possessive tapa-tapamu, 3rd possessive tapa-tapanya)
- pieces of fish sliced very thin, spiced, salted and dried in the sun
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