kopa

Borrowed from Spanish copa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkopa/ [ˈko.pa]
• Hyphenation: ko‧pa

kópa (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜉ)

1. wine glass; winecup
2. ice cream cone

   Synonym: apa

From Chinook [Term?].

kopa

1. to; at
2. in
3. with
4. of

• George Gibbs, A Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon

• (heap, pile): kůpa (dated, dialectal)

Inherited from Old Czech kopa, from Proto-Slavic *kopa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkopa]
• Hyphenation: ko‧pa
• Rhymes: -opa

kopa f (diminutive kopka)

1. heap, pile
2. (archaic) sixty, threescore

• tucet
• mandel
• kopec
• hromada

• “kopa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kopa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kopa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.pa/, [ˈko.pə]

kopa

1. soap
2. The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

kopa f (4th declension)

1. group
2. cluster
3. set
4. assemblage
5. multitude

• rindkopa

kopa

1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of kopt

kopa

1. slogan
2. supposition; assumption; hypothesis

Nominal formation from kõpti (“to take honey out of a beehive, pile, bury”).^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): [koːˈpɐ]

kopà f (plural kõpos) stress pattern 2

1. dune (a ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind)

From Proto-Polynesian *kopa (“hollow, corner”). Cognate Tahitian opa (“corner”).

kopa

1. space in front of a house
2. floor space and corner on the left on entering a wharenui – normally the place where the local people of the marae sit or sleep

kopa

1. to pass by, disappear
2. to fly away, fly

From Proto-Polynesian *kopa (“weak, lame”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kemba (“to be weak”).

kopa

1. crippled, lame

kopa

1. cripple, disabled person
2. wallet, satchel (with a flap lid), sandal

kopa

1. to be bent, folded
2. to be crippled, lame

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

• kópa

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kopa.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈkopa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈkopa/

kopa f

1. heap, pile
2. sixty, threescore
3. burden

• Czech: kopa

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “kopa”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.pa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔpa
• Syllabification: ko‧pa

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kopa.

kopa f

1. mound (artificial hill)
2. (archaic) sixty; threescore
3. (Kuyavia) one unit or piece of linen

   Coordinate term: mendel

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kopa m inan

1. genitive/accusative singular of kop

• kopa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kopa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From English copper.

kópa class 9

1. copper (metal)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kopa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔpa]

kopa f (genitive singular kopy, nominative plural kopy, genitive plural kôp, declension pattern of žena)

1. heap

• kôpka

• “kopa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

kopa

1. to ask

• Audio (Kenya):

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Borrowed from Portuguese copas.

kopa class V (plural makopa class VI)

1. (card games) heart (card of a "hearts" suit)

   Synonym: moyo

Suits in Swahili · ng'anda (see also: karata, karata za kucheza) (layout · text)
makopa	uru	shupaza, majembe	pao, pau, karanga, mavi ya mbuzi

-kopa (infinitive kukopa)

1. to borrow
2. to swindle (to defraud someone)

Conjugation of -kopa
Positive present -nakopa Subjunctive -kope Negative -kopi Imperative singular kopa
Infinitives
Positive kukopa Negative kutokopa
Imperatives
Singular kopa Plural kopeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukopa Positive past positive subject concord + -likopa Negative past negative subject concord + -kukopa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakopa) Singular Plural 1st person ninakopa/nakopa tunakopa 2nd person unakopa mnakopa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakopa wanakopa other classes positive subject concord + -nakopa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kopi) Singular Plural 1st person sikopi hatukopi 2nd person hukopi hamkopi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakopi hawakopi other classes negative subject concord + -kopi
Positive future positive subject concord + -takopa Negative future negative subject concord + -takopa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kope) Singular Plural 1st person nikope tukope 2nd person ukope mkope 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akope wakope other classes positive subject concord + -kope
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikope Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekopa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekopa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikopa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikopa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akopa) Singular Plural 1st person nakopa twakopa 2nd person wakopa mwakopa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akopa wakopa m-mi(III/IV) wakopa yakopa ji-ma(V/VI) lakopa yakopa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakopa vyakopa n(IX/X) yakopa zakopa u(XI) wakopa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakopa pa(XVI) pakopa mu(XVIII) mwakopa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekopa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakopa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakopa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikopa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokopa Consecutive kakopa / positive subject concord + -kakopa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakope
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikopa -tukopa 2nd person -kukopa -wakopa/-kukopeni/-wakopeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkopa -wakopa m-mi(III/IV) -ukopa -ikopa ji-ma(V/VI) -likopa -yakopa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikopa -vikopa n(IX/X) -ikopa -zikopa u(XI) -ukopa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukopa pa(XVI) -pakopa mu(XVIII) -mukopa Reflexive -jikopa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kopa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kopaye -kopao m-mi(III/IV) -kopao -kopayo ji-ma(V/VI) -kopalo -kopayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kopacho -kopavyo n(IX/X) -kopayo -kopazo u(XI) -kopao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopako pa(XVI) -kopapo mu(XVIII) -kopamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kopa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekopa -okopa m-mi(III/IV) -okopa -yokopa ji-ma(V/VI) -lokopa -yokopa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokopa -vyokopa n(IX/X) -yokopa -zokopa u(XI) -okopa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokopa pa(XVI) -pokopa mu(XVIII) -mokopa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -kopesha (“to lend”)
  • Reciprocal: -kopana

• Nominal derivations:
  • mkopaji (“borrower”)
  • mkopo (“loan, credit”)
  • ukopaji (“borrowing”)