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Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/tapa
Proto-Polynesian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈta.pa/
Noun
*tapa
- edge; boundary
- (by extension) tapa (bordered cloth)
Descendants
- Niuean: hiapo
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Hawaiian: kapa
- Maori: tapa
- Samoan: siapo
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Tongan: hiapo, tapa
- → English: tapa
References
- Entry tapa.1 “bark cloth”, Polynesian Lexicon Online (Pollex).
- Entry tapa.3 “edge, margin”, Polynesian Lexicon Online (Pollex).