Where does “tapay” come from?

tapay (Bikol Central) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tapay, from Proto-Austronesian *tapaJ.

tapay (Bikol Central): dough

Definitions

  1. dough

Ancestry of “tapay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantapayrice wine, yeast, fermented rice
2Proto-Austronesian*tapaJ—

Words derived from “tapay”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *tapaJ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tapay →
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