English

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æp�|-æp�

Noun
tapa

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

Estonian

Verb
tapa

1. Singular imperative of tapma

Category:Estonian verbs

Finnish

Pronunciation
Hyphenation: ta·pa
Rhymes: Rhymes:Finnish:-�p�|-�p�
IPA|[�t�p�]

Etymology 1
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Noun
fi-noun|ta|type=halpa

#custom
#habit
#manner#English|manner
#way (to do a thing)

Derived terms
adjectives: tavallinen
verbs: tavoittaa
(way) jokin|jolla(k)in tavalla = by some means, somehow

Compounds
huonotapainen
hyvätapainen
elämäntapa
tapakulttuuri

Etymology 2
inflected form of|tappaa

Verb
tapa

1. fi-form of|tappaa|typeverb|moodindicative|tense=present connegative

#:*(minä|Minä) en#Finnish|en/ (sinä#Finnish|Sinä) et#Finnish|et/ hän#Finnish|Hän ei#Finnish|ei/ (me#Finnish|Me) emme#Finnish|emme/ (te#Finnish|Te) ette#Finnish|ette/ he#Finnish|He eivät#Finnish|eivät tapa.
#:**I/You/We/You/They don't / She/He doesn't kill.

1. fi-form of|tappaa|typeverb|prsecond-person|plsingular|moodimperative|tense=present

#:*Tapa!
#:**Kill!

1. fi-form of|tappaa|typeverb|prsecond-person|plsingular|moodimperative|tense=present connegative

#:*älä#Finnish|�lä tapa!
#:**Don't kill! (or when the context is the 5th commandment of the Bible: Thou shalt not kill.)

Maori

Etymology
Common Malayo-Polynesian, compare Indonesian tambang

Noun
tapa

1. rim

Category:Maori language

Spanish

Noun
tapa f

1. lid

Category:Spanish nouns

Swahili

Verb
tapa

1. to shiver

Category:Swahili verbs

el:tapa
es:tapa
fr:tapa
io:tapa
id:tapa
ku:tapa
pt:tapa
ru:tapa
fi:tapa

• 2007-10-06 12:06 - Jyril - /* Etymology 2 */

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