kapekape

Cebuano

Etymology

Reduplication of kape.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧pe‧ka‧pe

Noun

kapekape

  1. the archer cherry (Aidia racemosa, syn. Randia racemosa)
  2. the fruit of this tree

References

Maori

Etymology 1

Reduplication of kape (“pluck out [stones from the earth oven etc]”).

Sense of stirfrying from the use of chopsticks (kakape) for cooking, kakape itself a partial reduplication of kape.

Verb

kapekape

  1. (transitive) to stir-fry

Noun

kapekape

  1. stirfry

Etymology 2

Noun

kapekape

  1. northwest
  2. northwest wind

Further reading

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