tapa

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːpə/

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.

• kapa

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

tapa

1. to cut

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

tapa f (plural tapes)

1. lid (top or cover)

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈta.pə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈta.pa/

tapa f (plural tapes)

1. lid, cover
2. tapa (appetizer)

tapa

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

• “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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛapa]

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

1. to lose
   • tapa dyst

     to lose the match

From Proto-Finnic *tapa, from Baltic.

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

tapa

1. custom
2. habit
3. manner
4. way (to do a thing)

• Meillä oli sunnuntaisin tapana mennä rannalle.

  We used to go to the beach on Sundays.

  We would go to the beach on Sundays.

• adjectives: tavallinen, tavaton, tavanomainen, epätavallinen, tapainen
• verbs: tavoittaa, tavoitella
• (way) jolla(k)in tavalla = by some means, somehow

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

tapa

1. Indicative present connegative form of tappaa.

   • (Minä) en/ (Sinä) et/ Hän ei/ (Me) emme/ (Te) ette/ He eivät tapa.

     • I/You/We/You/They don't / She/He doesn't kill.

2. Second-person singular imperative present form of tappaa.

   • Tapa!

     • Kill!

3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of tappaa.

   • Älä tapa!

     • Don't kill! (or when the context is the 5th commandment of the Bible: Thou shalt not kill.)

• apat, pata

tapa

1. third-person singular past historic of taper

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

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

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

1. (transitive, governs the dative) to lose

• tap

From Sanskrit तप (tapa).

• 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 (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

tapa

1. custom

• tapadh (nonstandard, archaic)

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠapˠə/

tapa

1. quick, fast

• tapaigh

tapa m (genitive singular tapa)

1. speed
2. flow

tapa f (4th declension)

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

tapa

1. 3rd person singular past indicative form of tapt
2. 3rd person plural past indicative form of tapt

From Proto-Polynesian *tapa.

tapa

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

From or cognate to a Cariban word like Galibi Carib 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

• tape

From Old Norse tapa. Cognate with Danish tabe, Swedish tappa and Faroese tapa.

• 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. to lose (to come last, lose a match, lose money)

• IPA^(key): /²tæɪːpɑ/

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

1. Alternative form of teipa

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːpɑ/

tapa n

1. definite plural of tap

• “tapa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

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

• Rhymes: -apa

tapa m (plural tapas)

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

• estapear
• tapar
• pescotapa

tapa

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of tapar

   Ele tapa o furo.

   He plugs the hole.

2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of tapar

   Tu aí, tapa o furo sozinho.

   You there, plug the hole by yourself.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtapa/, [ˈt̪apa]

From Gothic *tappa (*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, tapón (for bottles)

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

   Synonyms: portada (front cover), 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. (Philippines) dried or cured meat

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

• tapear

• tapar
• tapón

See the etymology of the main entry.

tapa

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of tapar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of tapar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of tapar.

• “tapa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

tapa

1. to shiver

From Proto-Polynesian *tapa.

• IPA^(key): /ta.pa/

tapa

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

• → English: tapa

-tâpa

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

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “tapa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ISBN 0 85494 027 8: “tapa (3.9)”