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kapa

kapa is the alternative form of tapa.

Meaning of tapa

Noun (1)

tapa (countable and uncountable, plural tapas)

  1. A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry.
    • For many of these cultures, clothing — or at least coverings for basic modesty such as loincloths and G-strings — is the main use of tapa.2005, Roger Neich, Mick Pendergrast, Pacific Tapa, University of Hawaii Press, unnumbered page
    Synonyms:
    kapa

Noun (2)

tapa (plural tapas)

  1. Any appetizer or snack served in the evening as part of tapas.

Noun (3)

tapa (uncountable)

  1. Seasoned slices of dried or cured meat in Filipino cuisine.
    • Cusinera serves stupendous silog (traditional Filipino breakfast, $5.61) — eggs with garlic rice and a protein of your choice, such as daing (crispy dried fish), longaniza (juicy, garlicky pork sausage) and tapa (cured beef steak).2021 February 27, Rebecca King, “Bountiful Bergenfield”, in Daily Record, volume 34, number 92, Rockaway, N.J., →OCLC, page 2D, column 1

Forms of kapa

pluralkapas

Questions about kapa

What is kapa the alternative form of?
Kapa is the alternative form of tapa.

Words near kapa in the dictionary

  1. Kaosiung
  2. Kaoteng
  3. kaowool
  4. Kaoyu
  5. KAP
  6. kapa
  7. kapa haka
  8. Kapadia
  9. Kapadias
  10. Kapai
  11. kapakahi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kapa (page history and authors); tapa (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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