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tapai

tapai noun: a traditional Asian food made from fermented carbohydrate, such as rice or cassava.

Noun

tapai (uncountable)

  1. A traditional Asian food made from fermented carbohydrate, such as rice or cassava.

Origin of tapai

Borrowed from Malay tapai (“fermented rice”).

Questions about tapai

What does tapai mean?
Tapai means a traditional Asian food made from fermented carbohydrate, such as rice or cassava.
What part of speech is tapai?
Tapai is a noun.

Words near tapai in the dictionary

  1. tapadera
  2. tapaderas
  3. tapadero
  4. tapaderos
  5. Tapah Road
  6. tapai
  7. Tapajó
  8. Tapajós
  9. Tapalhuaca
  10. tapalo
  11. tapalos

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