kafa

• کَفَا (“Ajami”)

• IPA^(key): /ká.fáː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kə́.ɸáː]

kafā f (plural kafōfī, possessed form kafar̃)

1. leg

• IPA^(key): /ká.fàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kə́.ɸàː]

kafā̀ (grade 1)

1. to erect, to put up
2. to stick something into
3. to form, to establish
4. to proclaim, to issue a law

From Old Norse kafa (cognate with Faroese kava), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷebʰ- (“to dive, dive in”). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek βάπτω (báptō). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Missing Germanic?

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaːva/
• Rhymes: -aːva

kafa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kafaði, supine kafað)

1. to dive, to go so deep underwater that one can't be seen

   Hann kafaði 20 metra undir yfirborðið.

   He dived 20 meters under the surface.

• kafagras

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1. g^u̯ēbh- (oder g^u̯ābh-?), g^u̯əbh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 465-6

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).

• IPA^(key): /kǎfa/
• Hyphenation: ka‧fa

kàfa f (Cyrillic spelling ка̀фа)

1. (regional, Serbia) coffee

   Synonyms: (Croatia) kava; (Bosnia) kahva

• IPA^(key): /ka.fa/

kafa

1. The cordage made from the fibers of the cocoa nut husk

• A Vocabulary of the Tonga Language: Arranged in Alphabetical Order: To Which Is Annexed a List of Idiomatic Phrases, by Stephen Rabone (1845), published by Wesleyan Mission Press, Neiafu

From Ottoman Turkish قفا (kafa), from Arabic قَفًا (qafan, “back of the head; nape of the neck”). The original restricted meaning has been lost in modern Turkish.

• IPA^(key): /kɑfɑ/

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kafa (definite accusative kafayı, plural kafalar)

1. head

   Synonym: baş

2. mind; mentality; intelligence

• kafadar
• kafalı

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kafa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN