Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *tapa, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *dabāˀ (compare Latvian daba).

Pronunciation

• IPA(key): /ˈtɑpɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝pɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ.
• Syllabification(key): ta‧pa
• Hyphenation(key): ta‧pa

Noun

tapa

1. habit (action performed on a regular basis) [with first infinitive ‘to do’]
   Meillä oli sunnuntaisin tapana mennä rannalle.
   We used to go to the beach on Sundays. / We would go to the beach on Sundays.
2. habit (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness) [with first infinitive ‘to do’]
   Synonym: tottumus
3. custom (frequent repetition of the same act) [with first infinitive ‘to do’]
   Synonym: käytäntö
4. (usually in the plural) habit, manner (one's customary method of acting)
5. (usually in the plural) manner (good, polite behavior)
6. way, manner (to do something) [with illative ‘for’; or with first infinitive ‘to do’]
   jollain tavalla ― some way, by some means, somehow

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA(key): /ˈtɑpɑˣ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝pɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Syllabification(key): ta‧pa
• Hyphenation(key): ta‧pa

Verb

tapa

1. inflection of tappaa (to kill, slay):
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

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