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

• 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

tapa

1. to cut

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

From Proto-Great Andamanese *tapə.

tapa

1. blind

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

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

tapa f (plural tapes)

1. lid (top or cover)

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

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

• (cover of a book): coberta

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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.

From Old Norse tapa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛapa]

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

tapa

1. custom
2. habit

   Meillä oli sunnuntaisin tapana mennä rannalle.

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

3. manner
4. way (to do a thing)

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

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

tapa

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

• apat, pata

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tapa

1. third-person singular past historic of taper

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. (transitive, governs the dative) 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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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

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

tapa

1. character, disposition

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑpɑ/, [ˈtɑpɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑpɑ/, [ˈtɑb̥ɑ]
• 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)

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠapˠə/

tapa

1. quick, ready, active

   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?

   Synonyms: mear, gasta, luath, sciobtha

   Antonym: mall

• go tapa
• go beo tapa

tapa m (genitive singular tapa)

1. quickness, speed

   Synonyms: éascaíocht, luas, mire, tapúlacht

   Antonym: moille

2. readiness
3. activity, vigour

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

   Synonyms: lúth, gníomh

• 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. 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

• 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

From French taper.

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

1. to borrow money without the intention to return them

• IPA^(key): /ˈtapa/ [ˈt̪a.pa]
• 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.

• tapear
• tapa blanda
• tapa dura

• tapar
• tapón

• → 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• pata, apta

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-tapa (infinitive kutapa)

1. to shiver, quiver, shudder