English
tapai
Tapai comes from Malay tapai ‘fermented rice’, and goes back to Proto-Austronesian *tapaJ.
- Proto-Austronesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*tapaJ‘fermented food’reconstructed
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*tapay‘fermented food’reconstructed
- Malaymoderntapai‘fermented rice’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Austronesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*tapaJ‘fermented food’reconstructed
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*tapay‘fermented food’reconstructed
- Malaymoderntapai‘fermented rice’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Proto-Austronesian *tapaJ
Today it means
noun A traditional Asian food made from fermented carbohydrate, such as rice or cassava.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Austronesian *tapaJ / tapai