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tapayan

Pronunciation: /taˈpajan/

“tapayan” is a Tagalog word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. large earthenware jar (generally used to contain water or vinegar)
  2. bakery

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapay-an (“large jar used to store rice wine”). By surface analysis, tapay + -an. Compare Hanunoo tapayan, Malay tempayan, and Javanese ꦠꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦪꦤ꧀ (tempayan).

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