tapay

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapay.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtapaj/, [ˈta.paɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: ta‧pay

tápay (Basahan spelling ᜆᜉᜌ᜔)

1. dough

   Synonym: masa

• Hyphenation: ta‧pay
• IPA^(key): /ˈtapaj/, [ˈt̪a.paɪ̯]

tapay

1. cockscomb, crest

tapay

1. yeast

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya (Honolulu 1967)

• tapai — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapay (“rice wine, yeast, fermented rice”). Compare Ilocano tapey (“rice wine”), Kapampangan tape, Bikol Central tapay, Maranao tapay (“yeast”), Malay tapai (“yeast, leavened cake”), and Javanese ꦠꦥꦺ (tapé, “sweet fermented rice dish”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtapaj/ [ˈta.paɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -apaj
• Syllabification: ta‧pay

tapay (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜌ᜔)

1. dough

   Synonym: masa

2. (childish) bread

   Synonym: tinapay

• “tapay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• patay, payat