tapai
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Malay tapai (“fermented rice”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tapai (uncountable)
- A traditional Asian food made from fermented carbohydrate, such as rice or cassava.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Verb edit
tapai
- first-person singular past historic of taper
Galician edit
Verb edit
tapai
- (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural imperative of tapar
Indonesian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Malay tapai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapay (“fermented [food]”), from Proto-Austronesian *tapaJ (“fermented [food]”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tapai (plural tapai-tapai, first-person possessive tapaiku, second-person possessive tapaimu, third-person possessive tapainya)
- (cooking) tapai: a traditional Asian food made from fermented carbohydrate, such as rice or cassava.
- synonym of tempayan
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tapai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapay (“fermented [food]”), from Proto-Austronesian *tapaJ (“fermented [food]”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tapai (Jawi spelling تاڤاي, plural tapai-tapai, informal 1st possessive tapaiku, 2nd possessive tapaimu, 3rd possessive tapainya)
- (cooking) tapai: a traditional Asian food made from fermented carbohydrate, such as rice or cassava.
- (archaic) Synonym of tempayan
Derived terms edit
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:
Further reading edit
- “tapai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
tapai
Terengganu Malay edit
Etymology edit
Related to Western Cham ꨓꨚꩈ (tapay) and Jarai pai (both from Proto-Chamic *tarapay).[1]
Noun edit
tapai