# tapa
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑːpə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːpə

### Etymology 1

From Tongan tapa.

#### Noun

tapa (countable and uncountable, plural tapas)
* A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry.
    Synonym: kapa
** 2005, Roger Neich, Mick Pendergrast, Pacific Tapa, University of Hawaii Press, unnumbered page:For many of these cultures, clothing — or at least coverings for basic modesty such as loincloths and G-strings — is the main use of tapa.

##### Alternative forms

* tappa

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish tapa.

#### Noun

tapa (plural tapas)
* Any appetizer or snack served in the evening as part of tapas.

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

tapa (uncountable)
* Seasoned slices of dried or cured meat in Filipino cuisine.

### Anagrams

* APTA, PATA, atap

## A-Pucikwar
### Etymology

From Proto-Great Andamanese *tapə.

### Adjective

tapa
* blind

### References

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

## 'Are'are
### Verb

tapa
* to cut

### References

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

## Asturian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

tapa f (plural tapes)
* lid (top or cover)

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈta.pə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈta.pa]

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

tapa f (plural tapes)
* lid, top, cover
* cover (of a book)
    Synonym: coberta
* heelplate (reinforcing piece on the heel of a shoe)
* tapa (appetizer)

##### Derived terms

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

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

tapa
* inflection of tapar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

#### Further reading

* “tapa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ta‧pa

### Noun

tapa
* thinly sliced fried beef

### Verb

tapa
* to smoke fish

## Estonian
### Verb

tapa
* Second-person singular imperative form of tapma.
* Present connegative form of tapma.

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse tapa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtɛapa]

### Verb

tapa (third person singular past indicative tapti, third person plural past indicative taptu, supine tapt)
* to lose
** tapa dyst
    to lose the match

#### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

## Finnish
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *tapa, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *dabāˀ (compare Latvian daba).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑpɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝pɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
* Hyphenation: ta‧pa

#### Noun

tapa
* habit (action performed on a regular basis) [with first infinitive ‘to do’]
    Meillä oli sunnuntaisin tapana mennä rannalle.We used to go to the beach on Sundays. / We would go to the beach on Sundays.
* habit (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness) [with first infinitive ‘to do’]
    Synonym: tottumus
* custom (frequent repetition of the same act) [with first infinitive ‘to do’]
    Synonym: käytäntö
* (usually in the plural) habit, manner (one's customary method of acting)
* (usually in the plural) manner (good, polite behavior)
* way, manner (to do something) [with illative ‘for’; or with first infinitive ‘to do’]
    jollain tavalla ― some way, by some means, somehow

##### Declension

Possessive forms of tapa (Kotus type 9*E/kala, p-v gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tapani
tapani
accusative
nom.
tapani
tapani
gen.
tapani
genitive
tapani
tapojeni tapaini $^{rare}$
partitive
tapaani
tapojani
inessive
tavassani
tavoissani
elative
tavastani
tavoistani
illative
tapaani
tapoihini
adessive
tavallani
tavoillani
ablative
tavaltani
tavoiltani
allative
tavalleni
tavoilleni
essive
tapanani
tapoinani
translative
tavakseni
tavoikseni
abessive
tavattani
tavoittani
instructive
comitative
—tapoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tapasi
tapasi
accusative
nom.
tapasi
tapasi
gen.
tapasi
genitive
tapasi
tapojesi tapaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
tapaasi
tapojasi
inessive
tavassasi
tavoissasi
elative
tavastasi
tavoistasi
illative
tapaasi
tapoihisi
adessive
tavallasi
tavoillasi
ablative
tavaltasi
tavoiltasi
allative
tavallesi
tavoillesi
essive
tapanasi
tapoinasi
translative
tavaksesi
tavoiksesi
abessive
tavattasi
tavoittasi
instructive
comitative
—tapoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tapamme
tapamme
accusative
nom.
tapamme
tapamme
gen.
tapamme
genitive
tapamme
tapojemme tapaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
tapaamme
tapojamme
inessive
tavassamme
tavoissamme
elative
tavastamme
tavoistamme
illative
tapaamme
tapoihimme
adessive
tavallamme
tavoillamme
ablative
tavaltamme
tavoiltamme
allative
tavallemme
tavoillemme
essive
tapanamme
tapoinamme
translative
tavaksemme
tavoiksemme
abessive
tavattamme
tavoittamme
instructive
comitative
—tapoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tapanne
tapanne
accusative
nom.
tapanne
tapanne
gen.
tapanne
genitive
tapanne
tapojenne tapainne $^{rare}$
partitive
tapaanne
tapojanne
inessive
tavassanne
tavoissanne
elative
tavastanne
tavoistanne
illative
tapaanne
tapoihinne
adessive
tavallanne
tavoillanne
ablative
tavaltanne
tavoiltanne
allative
tavallenne
tavoillenne
essive
tapananne
tapoinanne
translative
tavaksenne
tavoiksenne
abessive
tavattanne
tavoittanne
instructive
comitative
—tapoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tapansa
tapansa
accusative
nom.
tapansa
tapansa
gen.
tapansa
genitive
tapansa
tapojensa tapainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
tapaansa
tapojaan tapojansa
inessive
tavassaan tavassansa
tavoissaan tavoissansa
elative
tavastaan tavastansa
tavoistaan tavoistansa
illative
tapaansa
tapoihinsa
adessive
tavallaan tavallansa
tavoillaan tavoillansa
ablative
tavaltaan tavaltansa
tavoiltaan tavoiltansa
allative
tavalleen tavallensa
tavoilleen tavoillensa
essive
tapanaan tapanansa
tapoinaan tapoinansa
translative
tavakseen tavaksensa
tavoikseen tavoiksensa
abessive
tavattaan tavattansa
tavoittaan tavoittansa
instructive
comitative
—tapoineen tapoinensa :

##### Derived terms

* tapainen
* tavallinen
* tavaton
* tavata
* ajattelutapa
* ajatustapa
* antotapa
* ehtotapa
* elintapa
* elämäntapa
* esiintymistapa
* esitystapa
* hallitustapa
* hautaustapa
* hiihtotapa
* hoitotapa
* hovitavat
* häätapa
* ihmistavat
* ilmaisemistapa
* ilmaisutapa
* juomatapa
* kansantapa
* katsantotapa
* katsomustapa
* katsontatapa
* kauppatapa
* kirjoitustapa
* kuolintapa
* kuvaamistapa
* kuvaustapa
* kylvötapa
* käsittelytapa
* käsitystapa
* käskytapa
* kävelytapa
* käyntitapa
* käyttäytymistapa
* käyttötapa
* käytöstapa
* laatutapa
* laskutapa
* laulutapa
* lehtitapa
* liiketapa
* lisääntymistapa
* lukutapa
* lähestymistapa
* mahtotapa
* maksutapa
* menettelytapa
* merimiestapa
* merkintätapa
* muodostumistapa
* nimitapa
* näkemistapa
* olemistapa
* opetustapa
* opiskelutapa
* pakkaustapa
* pelitapa
* perimätapa
* perinnäistapa
* puhetapa
* puhuttelutapa
* pyyntitapa
* pöytätapa
* rankaisutapa
* ratkaisutapa
* reagointitapa
* reaktiotapa
* saalistustapa
* salaustapa
* sanontatapa
* seuratapa
* suhtautumistapa
* suoritustapa
* tapainkuvaus
* tapaintuomari
* tapainturmelus
* tapakasvatus
* tapakomedia
* tapakristillinen
* tapakristitty
* tapakulttuuri
* tapakäyttö
* tapaluokka
* tapaoikeus
* taparikollinen
* tapatieto
* tapaturma
* tapauskovainen
* tarkastelutapa
* tavanmukainen
* tavanomainen
* tavantakainen
* tekotapa
* toimintatapa
* toimitapa
* tositapa
* tulkintatapa
* tuotantotapa
* työskentelytapa
* työtapa
* vaalitapa
* viljelytapa
* ääntämistapa
* ääntötapa

#### Further reading

* “tapa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑpɑˣ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝pɑ̝(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
* Hyphenation: ta‧pa

#### Verb

tapa
* inflection of tappaa:
** present active indicative connegative
** second-person singular present imperative
** second-person singular present active imperative connegative

### Anagrams

* apat, pata

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

tapa
* third-person singular past historic of taper

## Galician
### Verb

tapa
* inflection of tapar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Icelandic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtʰaːpa/
* Rhymes: -aːpa

### Verb

tapa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tapaði, supine tapað)
* to lose [with dative]

#### Related terms

* tap

## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

From Sanskrit तप (tapa), तपस् (tapas).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta.pa/
* Hyphenation: ta‧pa
* Rhymes: -pa

#### Verb

tapa
* to do asceticism

##### Derived terms

* bertapa
* mempertapakan
* pertapa
* pertapaan
* petapa

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta.pa/
* Hyphenation: ta‧pa

#### Noun

tapa
* a fish, (Gastromyzon borneensis).

##### Alternative forms

* tapah

### Etymology 3

From Minangkabau, from Sanskrit तप (tapa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta.pa/
* Hyphenation: ta‧pa

#### Adjective

tapa
* strong

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta.pa/
* Hyphenation: ta‧pa

#### Verb

tapa
* Alternative form of tempa

### Further reading

* “tapa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Ingrian
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

tapa
* way, manner
** 1937, N. Iljin, Iƶoran Keelen Programma Alkușkoulua vart‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:Programman materiala ono jaettu jokahist oppivootta vart mokomal taval:The material of the curriculum is divided for every school year in the following way:
* custom, tradition
** 2009, Inkeri‎, volume 1, number 71, St. Petersburg, page 9:Hävijä heien kieli, kultuuri, tavad.Their language is disappearing, their culture, customs.
* character, disposition
** 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 78:Jo kaik pogranicnikat tiisivät hänen hoolimattoman tavan.All the border guards already knew his disobedient character.

##### Synonyms

* (manner): mooto, koosi

##### Derived terms

* tapain

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Verb

tapa
* inflection of tappaa:
** present indicative connegative
** second-person singular imperative
** second-person singular imperative connegative

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 565

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* tapadh (nonstandard, archaic)
* tapaidh (Munster, Ulster)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt̪ˠapˠə/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈt̪ˠapˠuː/ (corresponding to the form tapadh)

### Adjective

tapa
* quick, ready, active
    Synonyms: mear, gasta, luath, sciobtha
    Antonym: mall
    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?

#### Declension

$^1$ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article. $^2$ When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

#### Derived terms

* go beo tapa

### Noun

tapa m (genitive singular tapa)
* quickness, speed
    Synonyms: éascaíocht, luas, mire, tapúlacht
    Antonym: moille
* readiness
* activity, vigour
    Synonyms: lúth, gníomh
    Níl treoir ná tapa ann. ― He has neither strength nor vigour.

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
nominative
tapa
vocative
a thapa
genitive
tapa
dative
tapa
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative
an tapa
genitive
an tapa
dative
leis an tapa don tapa :

#### Derived terms

* ar do thapa
* déan tapa
* de thapa na huaire

#### Related terms

* tapaigh

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 361, page 123

## Latvian
### Noun

tapa f (4th declension)
* plug (hole filler)
* peg
* spigot
* pin
* stopgap

#### Declension
### Verb

tapa
* third-person singular/plural past indicative of tapt

## Maori
### Etymology 1

From *tapas-i (“to cut” – compare with Rarotongan tapaʻi “to chop down lengthwise, to cleave”, Tahitian tapahi “to cut or split a fruit into two, to cut down a tree”, Samoan tafa, Tongan tafa “to cut open (of boils), to incise, to carve”), from Proto-Oceanic *tapasi (compare with Fijian tava “to cut with a knife, to castrate”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabas (compare with Malay tebas “to slash or cut down grasses, small plants”, Tagalog tabas “to cut fabric, paper”). Doublet of tapahi.

#### Verb

tapa (passive tapahia)
* to cut, to chop
* to reap, to harvest (of crops like wheat)

#### Adjective

tapa
* split

#### References

* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tapa-si”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 251-2

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *tapa.

#### Noun

tapa
* rim, edge, boundary
* labia

### Etymology 3

From (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

#### Noun

tapa (passive tapaia or tapangia)
* to call or name someone
    Synonyms: ingoa, whakaingoa
* to command
* to recite, to incantate
    Synonym: whakataki

### Derived terms

* tapatapa

### Further reading

* Williams, Herbert William (1917) “tapa”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 446
* “tapa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Muzo
### Etymology

From or cognate to a Cariban word like Kari'na topu (“stone”).

### Noun

tapa
* 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

* tapene

### Noun

tapa n
* definite plural of tap

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²tɑːpɑ/

#### Verb

tapa (present tense tapar/taper, past tense tapa/tapte, past participle tapa/tapt, passive infinitive tapast, present participle tapande, imperative tapa/tap)
* a-infinitive and split infinitive form of tape

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²tæɪ̯.pɑ/

#### Verb

tapa (present tense tapar, past tense tapa, past participle tapa, passive infinitive tapast, present participle tapande, imperative tapa/tap)
* alternative spelling of teipa

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑːpɑ/

#### Noun

tapa n
* definite plural of tap

### References

* “tapa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tappōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂pnéh₂ti, from *deh₂p- (“to lose, sacrifice”), from *deh₂- (“to divide”).

### Verb

tapa
* to lose [with dative]

#### Derived terms

* tapan f, tǫpun f

#### Descendants

* Danish: tabe
* Faroese: tapa
* Icelandic: tapa
* Norwegian: tape, tapa
* Swedish: tappa

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tapa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈta.pɐ/
* Rhymes: -apɐ
* Hyphenation: ma‧pa

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

tapa (Brazil) m or (Portugal) f (plural tapas)
* (informal) a slap
* (informal) argument without a replica
* (Brazil, vulgar) discrete marijuana use

##### Related terms

* estapear
* tapar
* pescotapa

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

tapa
* inflection of tapar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French taper.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taˈpa/

### Verb

a tapa (third-person singular present tapează, past participle tapat) 1st conjugation
* to borrow money without the intention to return it

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* tapa in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtapa/ [ˈt̪a.pa]
* Rhymes: -apa
* Syllabification: ta‧pa

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

tapa f (plural tapas)
* lid, cap (the top or cover of a container)
    Synonyms: tapadera, (for bottles) tapón
* the bottom of a shoe's heel
* cover (the front and back of a book)
    Synonyms: (front cover) portada, cubierta
    de tapa blanda ― softcover
    de tapa dura ― hardcover
* sluicegate
    Synonym: compuerta
* flank (a cut of meat from the flank of a cow)
* tapa, appetizer (small portion of food)
* (Paraguay, Rioplatense) dough for making empanadas

##### 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.

##### Derived terms

* tapa blanda
* tapa dura
* tapear

##### Related terms

* tapar
* tapón

##### Descendants

* → English: tapa

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

tapa
* inflection of tapar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “tapa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* pata, apta

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-tapa (infinitive kutapa)
* to shiver, quiver, shudder

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -tapa :
| Positive present | -natapa |
| Subjunctive | -tape |
| Negative | -tapi |
| Imperative singular | tapa |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kutapa |
| Negative | kutotapa |
Imperatives :
| Singular | tapa |
| Plural | tapeni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hutapa |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -litapa |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kutapa |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tatapa |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tatapa |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sitape |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngetapa |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singetapa |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalitapa |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalitapa |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -metapa |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshatapa |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jatapa |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kitapa |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipotapa |
| Consecutive | katapa / positive subject concord + -katapa |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -katape |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapa, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *Capa. May be related to तप (tapa, “heat”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˈtapa/ [ˈt̪aː.pɐ] (“jerked meat, jerky”, noun; “jerked”, adjective)
*** Rhymes: -apa
** IPA: /taˈpa/ [t̪ɐˈpa] (“smoked”, adjective)
*** Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ta‧pa

### Noun

tapa (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉ)
* jerked meat; jerky (especially beef or pork)

#### Derived terms

* magtapa
* tapahan
* tapahin
* tatapahin

### Adjective

tapa (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉ)
* jerked; preserved by jerking
    Synonym: tinapa

### Adjective

tapá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉ)
* smoked; cured by exposure to smoke (of meat or fish)

#### Derived terms

* tinapa

### Anagrams

* pata, apat

## Ternate
### Etymology

Adapted from Malay tampal or tempel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈta.pa]

### Verb

tapa
* (transitive) to patch something

#### Conjugation
### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Tongan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tapa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta.pa/

### Noun

tapa
* tapa (bordered Polynesian cloth)
* edge; border

#### Descendants

* → English: tapa

## Venda
### Verb

tapa
* to flick

## Votic
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tapa.

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈtɑpɑ/, [ˈtɑpɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
* Hyphenation: ta‧pa

### Noun

tapa
* way, manner
* custom
* nature, character

#### Inflection
### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “tapa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

## Zulu
### Verb

-tâpa
* to extract, to take out
* to demolish

#### Inflection
### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “tapa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “tapa (3.9)”