EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
cover; lid; patch...
to blaze; to flare up; to burn intensely...
to take care of...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/ta-PA/
FIL: Anumang bagay na ginagamit bilang panakip o pansara sa isang butas o sisidlan.
EN: cover; lid; patch
Not the delicious breakfast food! This is the 'tapa' your lola tells you to find for the boiling pot of adobo. It's the piece of wood you nail over a hole in the wall. It’s the 'pamatong' or 'takip.' If you ask for this 'tapa' in a restaurant, you'll get a very confused look.
Likely a native Austronesian word. Compare with Malay 'tetap' which has a sense of fixing or setting in place.
The pronunciation is different from the food. For the cover, the stress is on the second syllable: /ta-PA/. For the meat, it's on the first: /TA-pa/.
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🇵🇭 Nawawala ang tapa ng kaldero.
🇺🇸 The lid of the pot is missing.
🇵🇭 Lagyan mo ng tapa ang butas sa pader.
🇺🇸 Put a patch on the hole in the wall.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.