Where does “tapa” come from?

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

tapa (Tagalog): jerked meat; jerky especially beef or pork

Definitions

  1. jerked meat; jerky especially beef or pork

Ancestry of “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”

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