κάπως

Greek

Etymology

Univerbation of an unattested Byzantine Greek *κάν πως (*kán pōs). The *κάν (*kán) is identical to καν (kan, “even”), and the πως (pōs) is identical to πως (pos) and used in the sense of the Ancient Greek phrase ἐάν πως (eán pōs).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.pos/

Adverb

κάπως • (kápos)

  1. somewhat, kind of, a bit
  2. somehow, in some way

References

  1. ^ κάπως, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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