tapa

See also tapà

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɑːpə/

Etymology 1

From Tongan tapa.

Noun

tapa (uncountable)

1. A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry.

Synonyms

• kapa

Translations

Polynesian cloth

• Hawaiian: kapa
• Niuean: hiapo

• Samoan: siapo (sm)
• Tongan: tapa (to)

Etymology 2

From Spanish tapa

Noun

tapa (plural tapas)

1. Any appetizer or snack served in the evening as part of tapas.

Anagrams

• APTA
• PATA

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Catalan

Verb

tapa

1. Third-person singular present indicative form of tapar.
2. Second-person singular imperative form of tapar.

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Estonian

Verb

tapa

1. Second-person singular imperative form of tapma.
2. Present connegative form of tapma.

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈtɛapa]

Verb

tapa

1. to lose
   • tapa dyst

     to lose the match

Conjugation

   Conjugation of tapa

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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Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Noun

tapa

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

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.

Derived terms

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

compounds

ajattelutapa ajatustapa ehtotapa elämäntapa esiintymistapa esitystapa hallitustapa häätapa ilmaisutapa juomatapa kansantapa katsantotapa katsomustapa kauppatapa kirjoitustapa kuvaamistapa kuvaustapa käsittelytapa käsitystapa käskytapa käyttäytymistapa käyttötapa käytöstapa laskutapa

laulutapa lehtitapa liiketapa lisääntymistapa lukutapa lähestymistapa mahtotapa menettelytapa merimiestapa merkintätapa muodostumistapa näkemistapa perimätapa perinnäistapa puhetapa puhuttelutapa pöytätapa rankaisutapa ratkaisutapa reaktiotapa sanontatapa seuratapa suhtautumistapa

suoritustapa tapainkuvaus tapaintuomari tapainturmelus tapakasvatus tapakristillinen tapakristitty tapakulttuuri tapaluokka tapaoikeus taparikollinen taparikollisuus tapatieto tapaturma tekotapa toimintatapa tositapa tulkintatapa työskentelytapa työtapa vaalitapa viljelytapa ääntämistapa

Etymology 2

inflected form of tappaa

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.)

Anagrams

• apat, pata

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French

Verb

tapa

1. third-person singular past historic of taper

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtʰaːpa/

  Rhymes: -aːpa

Verb

tapa weak verb (third person singular past indicative tapaði, supine tapað)

1. (transitive, governs the dative) to lose

Conjugation

tapa — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að tapa
supine (sagnbót)		tapað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		tapandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég tapa	við töpum	present (nútíð)	ég tapi	við töpum
	þú tapar	þið tapið		þú tapir	þið tapið
	hann, hún, það tapar	þeir, þær, þau tapa		hann, hún, það tapi	þeir, þær, þau tapi
past (þátíð)	ég tapaði	við töpuðum	past (þátíð)	ég tapaði	við töpuðum
	þú tapaðir	þið töpuðuð		þú tapaðir	þið töpuðuð
	hann, hún, það tapaði	þeir, þær, þau töpuðu		hann, hún, það tapaði	þeir, þær, þau töpuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	tapa (þú)	tapið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	tapaðu	tapiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

tapast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að tapast
supine (sagnbót)		tapast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		tapandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég tapast	við töpumst	present (nútíð)	ég tapist	við töpumst
	þú tapast	þið tapist		þú tapist	þið tapist
	hann, hún, það tapast	þeir, þær, þau tapast		hann, hún, það tapist	þeir, þær, þau tapist
past (þátíð)	ég tapaðist	við töpuðumst	past (þátíð)	ég tapaðist	við töpuðumst
	þú tapaðist	þið töpuðust		þú tapaðist	þið töpuðust
	hann, hún, það tapaðist	þeir, þær, þau töpuðust		hann, hún, það tapaðist	þeir, þær, þau töpuðust
imperative (boðháttur)	tapast (þú)	tapist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	tapastu	tapisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

tapaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	tapaður	töpuð	tapað		tapaðir	tapaðar	töpuð
accusative (þolfall)	tapaðan	tapaða	tapað		tapaða	tapaðar	töpuð
dative (þágufall)	töpuðum	tapaðri	töpuðu		töpuðum	töpuðum	töpuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	tapaðs	tapaðrar	tapaðs		tapaðra	tapaðra	tapaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	tapaði	tapaða	tapaða		töpuðu	töpuðu	töpuðu
accusative (þolfall)	tapaða	töpuðu	tapaða		töpuðu	töpuðu	töpuðu
dative (þágufall)	tapaða	töpuðu	tapaða		töpuðu	töpuðu	töpuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	tapaða	töpuðu	tapaða		töpuðu	töpuðu	töpuðu

Related terms

• tap

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Irish

Alternative forms

• tapadh (nonstandard, archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈt̪ˠapˠə]

Adjective

tapa

1. quick, fast

Declension

Declension of tapa

Third Declension Positive Singular Plural (m/f) masc. fem (strong noun) (weak noun) Nominative tapa tapa Vocative tapa tapa tapa Genitive tapa tapa tapa tapa Dative tapa tapa Comparative/Superlative tapa

Related terms

• tapaigh

Noun

tapa m (genitive tapa)

1. speed
2. flow

Declension

Declension of tapa

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

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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Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tapa.

Noun

tapa

1. rim, edge, boundary
2. split
3. labia

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• tape

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tapa. Cognate with Danish tabe, Swedish tappa and Faroese tapa.

Verb

tapa (present tense tapar/taper; past tense tapa/tapte; past participle tapa/tapt; passive infinitive tapast; present participle tapande; imperative tap/tapa)

1. lose

Etymology 2

tapa (present tense tapar; past tense tapa; past participle tapa; passive infinitive tapast; present participle tapande; imperative tap/tapa)

1. Alternative form of teipa.

References

• “tapa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Old Norse

Verb

tapa

1. to lose

Descendants

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

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Spanish

Etymology

Maybe from Gothic *tappa, cognate with Italian tappare.

Noun

tapa f (plural tapas)

1. lid, cover
2. appetizer (small portion of food)

Related terms

• tapear
• tapar

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.

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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Swahili

Verb

tapa

1. to shiver

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Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tapa.

Noun

tapa

1. tapa (bordered Polynesian cloth)
2. edge; border