tapis

From French, from Old French tapiz, from Vulgar Latin *tapēs, from Ancient Greek τάπης (tápēs), from an Iranian source.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtapɪs/, /taˈpiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

tapis (plural tapises)

1. A tapestry.
   • 1916, Philippine Craftsman, volume 5, page 393:

     The tapises and blankets woven in Bontoc are similar in color and design to those of northern Lepanto where the method of weaving them probably originated.

2. Carpeting.
3. (historical) The cover of a council table.

• on the tapis, upon the tapis

• PITAs, Paits, patis, pitas

From Old Javanese ꦠꦥꦶꦃ (tapih).

tapis

1. a gold-embroidered woven fabric (usually worn by women)
2. a wraparound cloth (usually worn by women)

tapis

1. to cover (something or someone)
2. to weave
3. to filter

tapis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of tapar

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪aˌpis̪/
• Rhymes: -pis̪
• Hyphenation: ta‧pis

tapis

1. a towel wrap, a wraparound

tapis

1. to cover one's body using a towel

• ispat, patis, pisat, pista, sipat, tipas

• IPA^(key): /ta.pi/

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tapis m pl

1. masculine plural of tapi

Inherited from Middle French tapiz, from Vulgar Latin *tappetium, from Latin tapētem or from Byzantine Greek ταπήτιον (tapḗtion), from Ancient Greek τάπης (tápēs), from an Iranian source.

tapis m (plural tapis)

1. carpet; mat; rug
2. (poker) all-in (an instance of betting all of one's chips)

• → Nafaanra: tapis

• “tapis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• pâtis, pista

From Malay tapis (“to filter; to sieve; to censor”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapis (“loincloth; to skim; to filter”). Doublet of tepis (“to counter, to skim”).

• Semantic loan from Javanese ꦠꦥꦶꦱ꧀ (tapis, “thoroughly; completely”) for sense of adroit, deft, nimble and such, from Old Javanese tapis (“thin”), from the same Proto-Malayo-Polynesian word.
• Semantic loan from Lampung Api tapis for fabric, cloth, to cover, to weave and so on, from the same Proto-Malayo-Polynesian word. Cognate of Old Javanese tapih (“garment worn by women around the lower part”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtapis/ [ˈt̪a.pɪs]
• Rhymes: -apis
• Syllabification: ta‧pis

tapis (plural tapis-tapis)

1. filtrator
2. a gold-embroidered woven fabric (usually worn by women)

• penyaring
• saringan

• “tapis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

tapis

1. romanization of ꦠꦥꦶꦱ꧀

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapis (“loincloth; to skim; to filter”). Cognate of Old Javanese tapih.

tapis

1. a gold-embroidered woven fabric (usually worn by women)
2. a wraparound cloth (usually worn by women)

tapis

1. to cover (something or someone)
2. to weave
3. to filter

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapis (“loincloth; to skim; to filter”). Cognate of Old Javanese tapih.

tapis

1. a gold-embroidered woven fabric (usually worn by women)
2. a wraparound cloth (usually worn by women)

tapis

1. to cover (something or someone)
2. to weave
3. to filter

• songket (Indonesian type of cloth made of silk or cotton (originally used in Palembang) interwoven with metallic threads which form intricate patterns and motifs; also referring to the weaving and embroidery process in the songket-making method)
• batik (Indonesian method (originally used in Java) of producing colored designs on textiles by dyeing them, having first applied wax to the parts to be left undyed; also referring to the type of cloth produced using the batik method)

From Old French tapiz, from Vulgar Latin *tappetium, from Byzantine Greek ταπήτιον (tapḗtion), from Ancient Greek τάπης (tápēs), from an Iranian source.

tapis m (plural tapis)

1. (Jersey) carpet

From Proto-Austronesian *tapis (“loincloth”). Compare Cebuano tapis and Indonesian tapis. Doublet of tapi. Alternatively, possibly borrowed from Spanish tapiz (“tapestry”), from French tapis, from Ancient Greek τάπης (tápēs).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtapis/ [ˈt̪aː.pɪs]
• Rhymes: -apis
• Syllabification: ta‧pis

tapis (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜒᜐ᜔)

1. sarong-like apron or wrap (worn by women over skirt)
2. (by extension) towel wrap (especially worn by a woman)
3. husk covering (of an ear of corn)

   Synonym: takupis

• “tapis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tapis₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• patis, pista, sipat, pitas, sapit