Where does “tapsi” come from?

tapsi (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog sinangag, from Tagalog -in-, from Proto-Austronesian *-in-.

tapsi (Tagalog): a meal of tapa with fried rice

Definitions

  1. a meal of tapa with fried rice

Ancestry of “tapsi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsinangagfried rice
2Tagalog-in-Infix form of -in
3Proto-Austronesian*-in-—
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