kapua

See also: Kapua

Finnish

Verb

kapua

  1. inflection of kavuta:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *kapuqa (“rain cloud”) from Proto-Polynesian *kapu (“mist”) (compare with Tongan kakapu (“fog, mist”))[1][2] from Proto-Oceanic *kaput (“mist”) (see Fijian kabu) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kabut (“mist”) (see Malay kabut (“fog”))[3]

Noun

kapua

  1. cloud
  2. (obsolete) mist

Derived terms

  • whakakapua (“misty”)

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 127
  2. ^ Wilson, William H. (December 2012) “Whence the East Polynesians? Further Linguistic Evidence for a Northern Outlier Source”, in Oceanic Linguistics‎[2], volume 51, number 2, page 306
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 145-6

Further reading

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

Pazeh

Etymology

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Noun

kapua

  1. blanket, quilt

References

Rapa Nui

Etymology

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Noun

kapua

  1. fog
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