tapay
Bikol Central
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapay (“rice wine, yeast, fermented rice”). Cognate with Ilocano tapey (“rice wine”), Maranao tapay (“yeast”), Malay tapay (“yeast, leavened cake”), and Javanese tape (“sweet fermented rice dish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈta.paj/
- Hyphenation: ta‧pay
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