tapis n English Native skirt. Cultural Note This is made from a two-yard length of 45 inch cloth, seamed to form a tube, and fixed by tucking in a knot. It is highly versatile, being used also as a sling over one shoulder for carrying babies on the hip, or over the forehead to carry a sick person on oneś back. It also serves as a blanket, is bundled up to carry belongings, or can be slung as a childś hammock. It is not considered essential to wear a top with this skirt, but if worn alone, sometimes it is wrapped around under the armpits instead of around the waist. v Affixes mag-, -um-, -en, ipag-, -an English To wear a tapis. n pagtapis English Wearing of a tapis. Example sentence Tagbanwa Inggeten mung pagtapis ka malbas yan. English Tighten your tapis because it might fall. n tatapisen English Length of material for a tapis.