tapai

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay tapai (“fermented rice”).

Noun

tapai (uncountable)

1. A traditional Asian food made from fermented carbohydrate, such as rice or cassava.

Anagrams

• ATAPI, Taipa, Tapia, patia

French

Verb

tapai

1. first-person singular past historic of taper

Galician

Verb

tapai

1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural imperative of tapar

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• tape (colloquial)

Etymology

From Malay tapai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapay (“fermented [food]”), from Proto-Austronesian *tapaJ (“fermented [food]”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtapai̯]
• Hyphenation: ta‧pai

Noun

tapai (plural tapai-tapai, first-person possessive tapaiku, second-person possessive tapaimu, third-person possessive tapainya)

1. (cooking) tapai: a traditional Asian food made from fermented carbohydrate, such as rice or cassava.
2. synonym of tempayan

Derived terms

• tapaian

 

• tapai ketan
• tapai singkong
• tapai uli

 

Further reading

• “tapai” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapay (“fermented [food]”), from Proto-Austronesian *tapaJ (“fermented [food]”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈpai/
• Rhymes: -apai, -pai, -ai
• Hyphenation: ta‧pai

Noun

tapai (Jawi spelling تاڤاي, plural tapai-tapai, informal 1st possessive tapaiku, 2nd possessive tapaimu, 3rd possessive tapainya)

1. (cooking) tapai: a traditional Asian food made from fermented carbohydrate, such as rice or cassava.
2. (archaic) Synonym of tempayan

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penapai [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penapaian [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• petapaian [passive / name of profession + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (pe- + -an)
• tapaian [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• menapai [agent focus] (meN-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• rosak tapai kerana ragi

Further reading

• “tapai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Portuguese

Verb

tapai

1. second-person plural imperative of tapar

Terengganu Malay

Etymology

Related to Western Cham ꨓꨚꩈ (tapay) and Jarai pai (both from Proto-Chamic *tarapay).

Noun

tapai

1. (archaic) rabbit