tapa

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.3 Anagrams 2 Estonian 2.1 Verb 3 Faroese 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Verb 3.2.1 Conjugation 4 Finnish 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Etymology 1 4.2.1 Noun 4.2.1.1 Declension 4.2.1.2 Derived terms 4.2.1.3 Derived terms 4.3 Etymology 2 4.3.1 Verb 5 French 5.1 Verb 6 Irish 6.1 Alternative forms 6.2 Adjective 6.2.1 Declension 6.2.2 Related terms 6.3 Noun 6.3.1 Declension 6.3.2 Mutation 7 Maori 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Noun 8 Spanish 8.1 Noun 8.1.1 Related terms 8.2 Verb 9 Swahili 9.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æpə

[edit] Noun

tapa

1. A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry; — sometimes called also kapa.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aapt
• APTA
• PATA

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[edit] Estonian

[edit] Verb

tapa

1. Second-person singular imperative present form of tapma.

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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈtɛapa]

[edit] Verb

tapa

1. to lose
   • tapa dyst

     to lose the match

[edit] Conjugation

tapa, v-2
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	tapi	tapir	tapir	tapa
Past	tapti	tapti	tapti	taptu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	tap !	—	tapið !
Infinitive	tapa
Pres. part.	tapandi
Past part. a39	taptur
Supine	tapt

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧pa
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• IPA: [ˈtɑpɑ]

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Noun

tapa

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

[edit] Declension

Declension of tapa (type kala) singular plural nominative tapa tavat genitive tavan tapojen tapain1 partitive tapaa tapoja accusative tapa tavan tavat 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 1) Rare.

[edit] Derived terms

• adjectives: tavallinen
• verbs: tavoittaa
• (way) jolla(k)in tavalla = by some means, somehow

[edit] Derived terms

• tapainen

[edit] Etymology 2

Inflected form of tappaa.

[edit] Verb

tapa

1. Indicative present connegative form of tappaa.

   • (Minä) en/ (Sinä) et/ Hän ei/ (Me) emme/ (Te) ette/ He eivät tapa.
     • I/You/We/You/They don't / She/He doesn't kill.

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.)

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[edit] French

[edit] Verb

tapa

1. Third-person singular past historic of taper.

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Alternative forms

• tapadh (nonstandard)

[edit] Adjective

tapa

1. quick, fast

[edit] Declension

[edit] Related terms

• tapaigh

[edit] Noun

tapa m.

1. speed
2. flow

[edit] Declension

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative tapa Vocative a thapa Genitive tapa Dative tapa

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tapa Genitive an tapa Dative leis an tapa don tapa

[edit] 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.

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[edit] Maori

[edit] Etymology

Common Malayo-Polynesian, compare Indonesian tambang

[edit] Noun

tapa

1. rim

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

tapa f. (plural tapas)

1. lid
2. appetizer, small portion of food.

[edit] Related terms

• tapar

[edit] Verb

tapa (infinitive: tapar)

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.

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[edit] Swahili

[edit] Verb

tapa

1. to shiver