tapi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tapi"

Catalan

Verb

tapi

1. inflection of tapar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Central Melanau

Alternative forms

• ketapi, tetapi

Etymology

Shortened form of ketapi, from Malay tetapi, from Sanskrit तथापि (tathāpi).

Conjunction

tapi

1. alternative form of ketapi

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.pi/

Participle

tapi (feminine tapie, masculine plural tapis, feminine plural tapies)

1. past participle of tapir

Adjective

tapi (feminine tapie, masculine plural tapis, feminine plural tapies)

1. hidden; crouching

Further reading

• “tapi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• pait, paît
• pâti

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French tapis (“carpet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tapi/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

tapi

1. carpet, rug

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 188

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːpɪ

Noun

tapi

1. indefinite dative singular of tap

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tapi, clipping of tetapi, from Sanskrit तथापि (tathāpi).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtapi/ [ˈt̪a.pi]
• Rhymes: -api
• Syllabification: ta‧pi

Conjunction

tapi

1. alternative form of tetapi

   Kecil tapi berani.

   Small but courageous.

Further reading

• “tapi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latvian

Verb

tapi

1. second-person singular past indicative of tapt

Malay

Alternative forms

• tp (text messaging)

Etymology

Clipping of tetapi, from Sanskrit तथापि (tathāpi).

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈtapi/ [ˈt̪a.pi]
• Rhymes: -api, -pi, -i
• Hyphenation: ta‧pi

Conjunction

tapi (Jawi spelling تاڤي)

1. alternative form of tetapi (“but”)

   Saya nak beli fon ni, tapi tak cukup duit.

   I want to buy this phone, but I don't have enough money.

Descendants

• > Indonesian: tapi
• → West Makian: tapi

Further reading

• "tapi" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "tapi" at PRPM first version)

Narua

Noun

tapi

1. bean

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapiq (“apron; skirt”). Compare Cebuano tapi, Maranao tampi, and Malay tapih. Doublet of tapis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈpiʔ/ [t̪ɐˈpɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: ta‧pi

Noun

tapî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜒ)

1. apron

   Synonym: delantal

2. any piece of cloth used by women to cover or protect the body (while bathing, working, washing, etc.)

Derived terms

• itapi
• magtapi
• tapian
• tapiin

Further reading

• “tapi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tapiq₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• pait, pati, atip, pita

Ventureño

Etymology

Completive of tap.

Verb

tapi

1. to enter, to enter on (someone)

References

• Timothy Henry-Rodriguez (2026), “tapi”, in A mitsqanaqan̓ (Ventureño Chumash) Dictionary‎^[2], California State University Channel Islands

West Makian

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay tapi, from Malay tetapi, from Sanskrit तथापि (tathāpi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪a.pi/

Conjunction

tapi

1. but, however

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[3], Pacific linguistics

Yámana

Noun

tapi

1. mother