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Catalan
Verb
tapi
- inflection of tapar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Central Melanau
Etymology
Shortened form of ketapi, from Malay tetapi, from Sanskrit तथापि (tathāpi).
Conjunction
tapi
- Alternative form of ketapi
French
Pronunciation
Participle
tapi (feminine tapie, masculine plural tapis, feminine plural tapies)
- past participle of tapir
Adjective
tapi (feminine tapie, masculine plural tapis, feminine plural tapies)
- hidden; crouching
Further reading
Anagrams
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French tapis (“carpet”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tapi
- carpet, rug
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Noun
tapi
- indefinite dative singular of tap
Indonesian
Etymology
Shortened form of tetapi, from Malay tetapi, from Sanskrit तथापि (tathāpi).
Conjunction
tapi
- Alternative form of tetapi
Latvian
Verb
tapi
- second-person singular past indicative of tapt
Malay
Etymology
Clipping of tetapi, from Sanskrit तथापि (tathāpi).
Pronunciation
Conjunction
tapi (Jawi spelling تاڤي)
- Alternative form of tetapi
Further reading
Narua
Noun
tapi
- bean
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapiq (“apron; skirt”). Compare Cebuano tapi, Maranao tampi, and Malay tapih. Doublet of tapis.
Pronunciation
Noun
tapî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜒ)
- apron
- Synonym: delantal
- any piece of cloth used by women to cover or protect the body (while bathing, working, washing, etc.)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tapi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tapiq₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Anagrams
West Makian
Etymology
From Malay tapi.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
tapi
- but, however
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics
Yámana
Noun
tapi
- mother