kaplis

From the same stem as the verb kapāt (“to chop”) (q.v.): Proto-Baltic *kap- +‎ -lis, from the o grade *kop- of Proto-Indo-European *kep-, *skep- “to cut, to slice (with an instrument).”^[1]

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kaplis m (2nd declension)

1. hoe (a gardening tool consisting of a handle and a sharp piece of metal, used for softening the soil or destroying weeds)

   garkāta kaplis ― long-handled hoe

   īskāta kaplis ― short-handled hoe (= spud)

   divpusējais kaplis ― two-sided hoe (= mattock, pickax)

   ar kapli iespējams vislabāk iznīcināt nezāles ― with a hoe it is possible to destroy weeds best of all

• kapāt
• kaplēt