"tapa" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɑːpə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tapa.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tapas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːpə Etymology: From Tongan tapa. Etymology templates: {{der|en|to|tapa}} Tongan tapa Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tapa (countable and uncountable, plural tapas)
  1. A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Mulberry family plants Synonyms: kapa, tappa Translations (Polynesian cloth): kapa (Hawaiian), hiapo (Niuean), siapo (Samoan), tapa (Tongan)
    Sense id: en-tapa-en-noun-wwIgrcfV Disambiguation of Mulberry family plants: 66 16 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 23 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 68 15 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɑːpə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tapa.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tapas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːpə Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish tapa. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|tapa}} Spanish tapa Head templates: {{en-noun}} tapa (plural tapas)
  1. Any appetizer or snack served in the evening as part of tapas. Categories (topical): Foods
    Sense id: en-tapa-en-noun-PGvCQaDb Disambiguation of Foods: 25 50 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɑːpə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tapa.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɑːpə Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} tapa (uncountable)
  1. Seasoned slices of dried or cured meat in Filipino cuisine. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-tapa-en-noun--K3LjoQq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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