Where does “tapai” come from?

tapai (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tapay, from Proto-Austronesian *tapaJ.

tapai (Malay): tapai: a traditional Asian food made from fermented carbohydrate, such as rice or cassava

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “tapai”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tapai”

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