tapay

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

tapay

1. cockscomb, crest

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapay.

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

tápay (Basahan spelling ᜆᜉᜌ᜔)

1. dough

   Synonym: masa

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapay.

tapay

1. yeast

• Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎^[1] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

• tapai — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtapaj/ [ˈt̪aː.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, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tapay”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• patay, payat