kapa

kapa (countable and uncountable, plural kapas)

1. Alternative form of tapa (“Polynesian cloth”).

• kapa haka

• AAKP

IPA^(key): /kaˈpaʔ/ [kɐˈpaʔ]

kapa

1. (slang, Davao) good-looking, cool
2. (slang, Butuan City) to perform a technique or procedure
3. drip

• IPA^(key): [ˈkapa]

kapa n or f

1. kappa

   Synonym: kappa

when feminine:

Indeclinable when neuter.

• “kapa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kapa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Uncertain. Compared with onomatopoeic kapista on one hand and Germanic words like Old Swedish skaveþorsker on the other. Related to Ingrian kapa and Karelian kapa, kaba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑpɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝pɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧pa
• Hyphenation^(key): ka‧pa

kapa (rare)

1. synonym of kapakala

From Proto-Polynesian *tapa. Cognate to Samoan siapo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.pa/, [ˈkɐ.pə]

kapa

1. rim, edge
2. tapa

Back-formation from kapál.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒpɒ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧pa
• Rhymes: -pɒ

kapa (plural kapák)

1. hoe

• kapa in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

From Proto-Finnic *kapa. Cognates include Finnish kapa.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑpɑ/, [ˈkɑpɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑpɑ/, [ˈkɑb̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation: ka‧pa

kapa

1. dried fish
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11:

     Kapa, kala, kala, kana.

     Dried fish, fish, fish, hen.

Declension of kapa (type 3/kana, p-v gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	kapa	kavat
genitive	kavan	kappoin
partitive	kappaa	kapoja
illative	kappaa	kappoi
inessive	kavas	kavois
elative	kavast	kavoist
allative	kavalle	kavoille
adessive	kaval	kavoil
ablative	kavalt	kavoilt
translative	kavaks	kavoiks
essive	kapanna, kappaan	kapoinna, kappoin
exessive1)	kapant	kapoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 118

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaːpa]

kapa

1. wing

• Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “kapa”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 43
• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “kapa”, in Lamboya word list‎^[1], Leiden: LexiRumah

kapa m

1. genitive singular of kaps

From Latin cappa (“cape, sleeveless coat”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkapa/

kapa f

1. men’s jacket, outer garment

kapa

1. team, group
2. row, line

Borrowed from English copper.

kapa

1. copper

• “kapa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Contraction of ka (“or”) and apa (“what”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.pa/
• Hyphenation: ka‧pa

kapa

1. maybe, possibly, perhaps

   Dorang yang dapa pili kapa.

   They are the chosen ones perhaps.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-kápa

1. to chop

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kapa

1. or

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• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: ka‧pa
• Homophone: Kapa

Learned borrowing from Late Latin cappa. Sense 5 is a semantic loan from Spanish capa.

• kap (Lasovia)

kapa f (diminutive kapka)

1. cover (top sheet of a bed)

   Synonym: narzuta

2. (Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism) cope, mantle, mantum (long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass)

   Synonym: pluwiał

3. (nautical) companionway

   Synonym: zejściówka

4. (equestrianism) horse blanket, rug (blanket placed underneath the saddle of a horse)

   Synonyms: derka, kuczma

6. (bullfighting) cape (cloth used by a bullfighter to trick the bull)

   Hypernym: płachta

7. (Near Masovian) piece of leather used in flails to tie the sledge with the beater

Deverbal from kapować.

kapa f

1. (prison slang) lookout (session of watching for an approaching enemy)

   Synonym: czaty

Clipping of klapa.

kapa f

1. (colloquial) flop, turkey (failure)

   Synonyms: kaplica, klapa

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kapa m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of kapo

• kapa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kapa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• kapa in PWN's encyclopedia
• Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “kapa”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 364

From Italian cappa. Attested from the 14th century.

• IPA^(key): /kâpa/
• Hyphenation: ka‧pa

kȁpa f (Cyrillic spelling ка̏па)

1. cap (head covering)

• Crvenkapica
• Crvenkapa

kapa class ? (plural [please provide])

1. (Sheng) thousand shilling

   Synonyms: thao, ngiri

Borrowed from Dutch kapen.

kapa (present kapar, preterite kapade, supine kapat, imperative kapa)

1. to hijack; to seize control over something

• kapa till sig
• kapa åt sig
• kapare
• kaperi
• kapning

Borrowed from German kappen (“to cut off”).

kapa (present kapar, preterite kapade, supine kapat, imperative kapa)

2. to cut, making shorter

   Maskinen kapar automatiskt stockarna i hanterbara längder.

   The machine automatically cuts the logs into manageable lengths.

• avkapa
• kap

• kapa in Svensk ordbok.
• kapa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

From Malay kapak.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /kapa/ [k̠ɑˈpa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ka‧pa

kapa (Sulat Sūg spelling كَفَ)

1. ax, hatchet

kapa

1. (anatomy) fingernail, toenail

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpa/
• Hyphenation: ka‧pa

kapa

1. second-person singular imperative of kapamak

kapa

1. to scoop

Borrowed from Japanese 合羽 (kappa, “a raincoat, especially a poncho or other sleeveless style”).

kapa

1. raincoat