"Tapis" is a word in HILIGAYNON, ENGLISH, CEBUANO
To cover or work with figures like tapestry.
Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council table.
tápis - A large apron or over-skirt in
various designs and usually of a black
colour, as worn chiefly by Tagalog women.
(cf. tampíon).
tápis - A skirt as worn by Philippine
women. (cf. ámpis, tápis, patádyong).
tapis, tápis n piece of cloth worn around the waist or upper body as a skirt.
v [A; c] wear s.t.
wound around the body.
Hubù siya gawas sa tualya nga gitápis, She was naked except for a towel she wore around her waist.
() v [B1456] be at the stage of developing a sheath around the trunk.
Lubi kun magtapis na, A coconut when it gets its sheath.
you’re ignoring me so loud that it’s deafening. This silence is so deep that it’s echoing.
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A Brit, a Frenchman and a Russian are viewing a painting of Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden. "Look at their reserve, their calm," muses the Brit. "They must be British." "Nonsense," the Frenchman disagrees. "They're naked, and so beautiful. Clearly, they are French." "No clothes, no shelter," the Russian points out, "they have only an apple to eat, and they're being told this is paradise. They are Russian."
ámpis - (B) A Philippine woman’s skirt; to use or wear such a skirt. Nagaámpis siá sing pulá. She wears …
Read the complete definitionpatádyong - A kind of skirt worn by Philippine women. (cf. ámpis, tápis).
Read the complete definitiontámpis - A skirt as worn by women. (cf. patádyong, tápis, ámpis).
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