Associations to the word «Tapa»

Wiktionary

TAPA, noun. A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry.
TAPA, noun. Any appetizer or snack served in the evening as part of tapas.
TAPA, noun. Seasoned slices of dried or cured meat in Filipino cuisine.

Dictionary definition

TAPA, noun. The thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
TAPA, noun. A paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats