tapau

English

Verb

tapau (invariable)

1. Alternative spelling of tapao.

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ɐˈpɒʊ̌ˑ/

Verb

tapaũ

1. first-person singular past of tapti

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 打包 (daa³ baau¹, “to pack”).

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety, Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˈtapaw/ [ˈt̪a.pau̯]
• Rhymes: -apau̯
• Hyphenation: ta‧pau

Verb

tapau (Jawi spelling تاڤاو) (colloquial)

1. to tapao, to take away, to pack food so it can be consumed elsewhere

   Synonym: bungkus

   Cik, ku boleh tapau empat buah siumai dan tiga buah kuih?

   Miss, can I tapao four shaomai and four kuih please?

Derived terms

Affixafions

• ditapau (“tapaoed”)
• ditapaukan
• menapau
• menapaukan (“to tapao something”)
• penapauan (“act of tapaoing or taking out the food”)
• tertapau

Further reading

• "tapau" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017