Where does “tapa-tapa” come from?

tapa-tapa (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapa, from Proto-Austronesian *Capa — to smoke fish or meat for preservation.

tapa-tapa (Malay): pieces of fish sliced very thin, spiced, salted and dried in the sun

Definitions

  1. pieces of fish sliced very thin, spiced, salted and dried in the sun

Ancestry of “tapa-tapa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tapato smoke fish or meat for preservation
2Proto-Austronesian*Capato smoke fish or meat for preservation

Words derived from “tapa-tapa”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *Capa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapa →