"Tapi" is a word in TAGALOG, HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO

tapí - To strike—, give a sudden blow—,
brush off—, with the hand, to jerk off,
knock off. Tapihá ang íya kálò. Knock off
his hat. Gintapí níya ang tinápay sa íya
kamót. He knocked the bread out of his
hand. Tapihá ang kamót níya, agúd nga
madágdag ang ginakáptan níya nga
tinápay. Hit him on the hand that he may
drop the bread he is holding. (cf. pípi,
píphi, tápdas).

tápì - Board, plank; wood; to make boards
of; to board, cover with boards. Baláy nga
tápì. A house built of wood (not of
bamboo). Tapíon nínyo iníng tablón. Make
boards of this log. Nagatápì na silá sang
salúg. They are now boarding (covering
with boards) the floor. Támà kanipís kag
kakitíd siníng mga tápì. These planks are
too thin and too narrow. Kon buút siá
magbána sa íya, tapían níya, konó, sing
baláy (balayán níya, konó, sing tápì).
They say that if she will marry him, he will
build her a house of wood (not merely of
bamboo). Ipatápì ko sa mga manuglagarî
yanáng mga káhoy. I shall see to it that the
sawyers saw that timber into boards. (cf.
káhoy—tree; wood in general).

tapi1
Definition: (noun) a piece of cloth usually wrapped around the body or wrapped from the waist down
Notes:

tapi2
Active Verb: magtapi
Passive Verb: itapi
Definition: (verb) to wrap a piece of cloth around the body

tapi
Definition: see tapi1 see tapi2

tapî - A step, rung (of a ladder, of a
staircase, etc.). (cf. halíntang).

tapi n piece of cloth wrapped around the waist or upper body as a skirt.
v [A13; c] wear a tapi.
Nagtapi ang babáying nanglaba, The woman who was washing clothes was wearing a skirt that covered her bosom down to her knee.

tapi a crooked, slanted, not well-rounded, o?
the mark.
Tapi ning pagkasulat kay way linya ang papil, The lines are not straight because the paper has no lines.
Tapi siyag úlu, His head is not well-rounded.
Tapi man, wà mabuls-ay, Its o?
the mark, not a bulls-eye.
v {1} [AB; c1] come out crooked, o?
the mark; cause s.t.
to do so.
Mutapi (matapi) ang úlu sa bátà ug pirmi takildun, A child gets an irregularly-shaped head if he is put down on his side.
{2} [A; a1] fend o?
a blow with a sideward motion of the arm or club.
Tapihun nímu ang duslak kay mau nay labing piligrúsu, You must fend o?
the forward thrust because that is the most dangerous.
tapitápi v [A; c1] do s.t.
unevenly, zigzaggedly.
Nagtapitápig lakaw ang hubug, The drunk walked in a zigzag way.