"Tapay" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO

tápay - To beat, strike, slap. Tinapáyan
níya akó. He slapped me. (cf. huyáp,
támpà, tapátápa).

tapángko – táplik, taplík
tápay, Leaven, yeast, barm; to leaven,
cause to ferment. Tapáyi ang kán-on, kay
sapálon ko. Put some leaven into the
cooked rice, for I am going to pickle it. (cf.
tinápay—bread).

tápay n {1} cocks comb.
{2} pula ang for ears to be red from drinking (humorous).
Daling mamuwa ang íyang tápay ug makainum.
His ears grow red easily when he drinks.
-an a {1} having a comb.
{2} having a crest.
Sawang tapáyan, Crested snake.
tapaytapay n k.
o.
harmless insect resembling a spider but not spinning a web.
tapaytápay n annual ornamental with red (or also white or yellow) flowers in panicles which resemble a cocks comb: Celosia argentea var.
cristata.
tápay v [B12; c1] for roasted rice grains to be pounded flat.
Nagkatápay na ang pinípig sa tantung linubuk, The pinípig is becoming flat from constant pounding.