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Tapa

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Ta′pa

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Noun.
A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry; – sometimes called also
kapa
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Definition 2024

tapa

tapa

See also: tapá and tapà

English

Noun

tapa ‎(uncountable)

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

Etymology 2

From Spanish tapa

Noun

tapa ‎(plural tapas)

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

Etymology 3

Noun

tapa ‎(uncountable)

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

Anagrams

Asturian

Noun

tapa f ‎(plural tapes)

  1. lid (top or cover)

Catalan

Verb

tapa

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

Estonian

Verb

tapa

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

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛapa]

Verb

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

  1. to lose
    • tapa dyst
      to lose the match

Conjugation

Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tapa

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

Usage notes

  • Meillä oli sunnuntaisin tapana mennä rannalle.
    We used to go to the beach on Sundays.
    We would go to the beach on Sundays.
Declension
Inflection of tapa (Kotus type 9/kala, p-v gradation)
nominative tapa tavat
genitive tavan tapojen
partitive tapaa tapoja
illative tapaan tapoihin
singular plural
nominative tapa tavat
accusative nom. tapa tavat
gen. tavan
genitive tavan tapojen
tapainrare
partitive tapaa tapoja
inessive tavassa tavoissa
elative tavasta tavoista
illative tapaan tapoihin
adessive tavalla tavoilla
ablative tavalta tavoilta
allative tavalle tavoille
essive tapana tapoina
translative tavaksi tavoiksi
instructive — tavoin
abessive tavatta tavoitta
comitative — tapoineen
Derived terms
Compounds
  • ajattelutapa
  • ajatustapa
  • ehtotapa
  • elämäntapa
  • esiintymistapa
  • esitystapa
  • hallitustapa
  • häätapa
  • ilmaisutapa
  • juomatapa
  • kansantapa
  • katsantotapa
  • katsomustapa
  • kauppatapa
  • kirjoitustapa
  • kuvaamistapa
  • kuvaustapa
  • käsittelytapa
  • perimätapa
  • perinnäistapa
  • puhetapa
  • puhuttelutapa
  • pöytätapa
  • rankaisutapa
  • ratkaisutapa
  • reaktiotapa
  • sanontatapa
  • seuratapa
  • suhtautumistapa
  • suoritustapa
  • tapainkuvaus
  • tapaintuomari
  • tapainturmelus
  • tapakasvatus
  • tapakristillinen

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Verb

tapa

  1. Indicative present connegative form of tappaa.
  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.)

Anagrams

French

Verb

tapa

  1. third-person singular past historic of taper

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, governs the dative) to lose

Conjugation

tapast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að tapast
supine
(sagnbót) 		tapast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		tapandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég tapast við töpumst present
(nútíð) 		ég tapist við töpumst
þú tapast þið tapist þú tapist þið tapist
hann, hún, það tapast þeir, þær, þau tapast hann, hún, það tapist þeir, þær, þau tapist
past
(þátíð) 		ég tapaðist við töpuðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég tapaðist við töpuðumst
þú tapaðist þið töpuðust þú tapaðist þið töpuðust
hann, hún, það tapaðist þeir, þær, þau töpuðust hann, hún, það tapaðist þeir, þær, þau töpuðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		tapast (þú) tapist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
tapastu tapisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Related terms

Irish

Alternative forms

  • tapadh (nonstandard, archaic)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt̪ˠapˠə]

Adjective

tapa

  1. quick, fast

Declension

Related terms

Noun

tapa m ‎(genitive singular tapa)

  1. speed
  2. flow

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tapa thapa dtapa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Latvian

Noun

tapa f (4th declension)

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

Declension

Verb

tapa

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

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tapa.

Noun

tapa

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

Muzo

Etymology

From or cognate to a Cariban word like Galibi Carib topu ‎(“stone”).

Noun

tapa

  1. stone

References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

tapa n

  1. definite plural of tap

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

  1. lose

Etymology 2

Verb

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

  1. Alternative form of teipa

Etymology 3

Noun

tapa n

  1. definite plural of tap

References

Old Norse

Verb

tapa

  1. to lose

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

Maybe from Gothic *𐍄𐌰𐍀𐍀𐌰 ‎(*tappa), cognate with Italian tappare.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -apa

Noun

tapa m (plural tapas)

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

Related terms

  • estapear
  • tapar
  • pescotapa

Verb

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.

Spanish

Etymology

Maybe from Gothic *tappa ‎(*tappa), cognate with Italian tappare.

Noun

tapa f ‎(plural tapas)

  1. lid, cover
  2. appetizer (small portion of food)

Related terms

Usage notes

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

Verb

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.

Swahili

Verb

tapa

  1. to shiver

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tapa.

Noun

tapa

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

Etymology

From Tongan tapa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑːpə/

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