kap

From Proto-Albanian *kapa, from Proto-Indo-European *kap-.^[1][2] Cognate to (Baltic) Latvian kàmpju, kàmpt; Proto-Celtic *kawnos (Old Irish cúan, Irish cuan, Scottish Gaelic cuan); Proto-Germanic *habnō, Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have, lift”); Proto-Hellenic *kapťō (Ancient Greek κάπτω (káptō)), Proto-Hellenic *kṓpā (Ancient Greek κώπη (kṓpē)); Proto-Italic *kapiō (Latin capiō) and (perhaps) also Old Armenian խափ (xapʻ), Old Armenian խափանեմ (xapʻanem) (perhaps) and Latin capsa.

• (active) kap (aorist kapa, participle kapur)
• (passive) kápem (aorist u kapa, participle kapur)

1. (intransitive) to grab, grip (someone or something)

   Synonyms: rrok, zë

   Kape për flokësh!

   Grab her/him by the hair!

2. (2nd person) (you) catch (an object or feelings)
3. to seize, keep, hold (something, someone); to take or occupy (land, position)

   Synonyms: marr, pushtoj; qep

4. to find, surprise (a person in a situation, act)

   Synonym: gjej

5. (figurative, third person) to possess, overwhelm, scare (by a feeling, illness, demon)
6. to understand, see, hear immediately (a problem, issue, mission, task)

   Synonym: kuptoj

7. to reach (to); meet (someone or something that walks in front)

   Synonyms: arrij; takoj

8. (intransitive, figurative) to start, begin (work, job, path)

   Synonyms: nis, filloj

9. (third person) to tan, warm up (by the sun); to capture (by wind; military service)

   Synonyms: rrah, nxij; përfshij

   (Gheg examples)

   E ka kap dielli.

   The sun had captured her/him. (meaning “He/she's got a sunburn/tan.”)

   E rreh dielli ujët.

   The sun warms up (beats up) the water(s).

10. (third person) to determine, constitute; to reach, cost (a high sum)

    Synonym: kushtoj

11. to tie, bind, braid (hair)

    Synonym: lidh

12. (figurative) to snatch, pull off (hat, wig)

    Synonyms: heq, tërheq, shkul

• active voice

• kapth
• kaps, kapsllëk m, kapsllëku m
• kapem, kapur, kapje f, kapja f
• kapës, kapësi m, kapëse f, kapësja f
• kapëz f, kapëza f, kapshëm
• kapt, kaptë f, kapta f, kaptoj, kaptohet, kaptuar
• kapis (kapit), kapitem, kapitur, kapitje f, kapitja f
• rraskapit, rraskapitem, rraskapitur, rraskapitje f, rraskapitja f
• kaploj, kaplohem, kapluar

• [2] active verb kap (aorist: kapa, participle: kapur) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
• [3] passive verb kapem / kápem (aorist: u kapa, participle: kapur) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

kap f

1. lid, cover

kap n (singular definite kappet, plural indefinite kap)

1. (geography) cape

kap

1. imperative of kappe

• “kap” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /kɑp/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: kap
• Rhymes: -ɑp

From Middle Dutch cappe, from Late Latin cappa.

kap f (plural kappen, diminutive kapje n)

1. cap
2. cover

• ⇒ Afrikaans: kappie
• Berbice Creole Dutch: kapu
• Negerhollands: kap
• → Indonesian: kap
• → Papiamentu: kap

From kappen.

kap m (uncountable)

1. stroke; chopping

kap

1. inflection of kappen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• pak

• IPA^(key): /kap/

kap

1. Clipping of kapab.

kap

1. Contraction of ki ap.
   • 2019 March 19, “Rankont ann Itali ant Anvwaye Espesyal Etazini ak Larisi sou Kriz Venezuela a”, in Lavwadlamerik‎^[4]:

     Anvwaye espesyal Etazini pou Venezuela, Elliot Abrams, ak vis-minis afè etranjè Larisi, Sergei Ryabkov, ap fè reyinyon nan vil Wòm ann Itali pou yo pale sou sityasyon Venezuela kap agrave.”

     American Special Envoy for Venezuela Elliot Abrams and Russian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Ryabkov are meeting in the city of Rome, Italy to talk about "the situation in Venezuela which is worsening."

kap

1. cape

• Kap Ayisyen

For pronunciation and definitions of kap – see 佮 (“and”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 佮).

Probably an onomatopoeia.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒp]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɒp

kap

1. (transitive) to get, to receive (from someone: -tól/-től; as something: -ul/-ül)
2. (intransitive) to snatch, to grab (expressing a sudden movement) (with -hoz/-hez/-höz, -ba/-be, felé, or után)
3. (transitive, dialectal) to find

(With verbal prefixes):

• kap in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈkap̚/
• Hyphenation: kap

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

kap (first-person possessive kapku, second-person possessive kapmu, third-person possessive kapnya)

1. (nautical, archaic) rope

   Synonym: tali

From Dutch kap, from Middle Dutch cappe, from Late Latin cappa.

kap (first-person possessive kapku, second-person possessive kapmu, third-person possessive kapnya)

1. cap
2. cover

• tudung
• tenda

kap (first-person possessive kapku, second-person possessive kapmu, third-person possessive kapnya)

1. short for kapital.

• “kap” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

kap (construct kapin)

1. buttocks

   Synonym: kahu

2. bottom, end

• koapin

• Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

From Armenian կապ (kap).

kap m or f

1. rope

• kapik

• Cabolov, R. L. (2001) “kāp”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 514
• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “kap”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume I, London: Transnational Press, page 376b

• Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 328, page 75

From Proto-West Germanic *kaup, from Proto-Germanic *kaupaz, from Latin caupo (“tradesman”). Cognates include Old English ċēap and Old Dutch *cōp.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːp/

kāp m

1. purchase

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: kuup

• Saterland Frisian: Koop
• West Frisian: keap

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈkap/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: kap

kap

1. second-person singular imperative of kapać

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kap ~ *kaap (“to bite”); cognate with Vietnamese cạp, Bahnar kăp, Pacoh cáp, Khasi jkep, Khmer ត្រកាប់ (trɑkap), Car Nicobarese kap.

kap^[1]

1. to bite

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kapь.

kȃp f (Cyrillic spelling ка̑п)

1. drop
2. stroke (brain hemorrhage)

• kȁpljica
• kaplja

• IPA^(key): /kʰa⁵³/

kap

1. ear

• Audio:

  (file)

From Old French cap, from Provençal, ultimately from Latin caput (“head”).

kap n

1. (geography) cape

Deverbal from kapa (“hijack”).

kap n

1. a bargain, a steal, a catch (something (valuable) gotten for a very low price or with very low effort)

   För 1000 kr är den ett kap. Den är värd minst det dubbla.

   It's a steal at 1000 SEK. It's worth at least twice at much.

   Jag är ett riktigt kap

   I'm a real catch

• kap in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kap in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kap in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From English cup.

kap

1. cup

• IPA^(key): /kɑp/

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قاب (kab), from Proto-Turkic *kāp. Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (kap).

kap (definite accusative kabı, plural kaplar)

1. vessel, can, container, holder, pot, case
2. cover (of a vessel etc.)

Inflection
Nominative	kap
Definite accusative	kabı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kap	kaplar
Definite accusative	kabı	kapları
Dative	kaba	kaplara
Locative	kapta	kaplarda
Ablative	kaptan	kaplardan
Genitive	kabın	kapların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular kabım kaplarım 2nd singular kabın kapların 3rd singular kabı kapları 1st plural kabımız kaplarımız 2nd plural kabınız kaplarınız 3rd plural kapları kapları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kabımı kaplarımı 2nd singular kabını kaplarını 3rd singular kabını kaplarını 1st plural kabımızı kaplarımızı 2nd plural kabınızı kaplarınızı 3rd plural kaplarını kaplarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular kabıma kaplarıma 2nd singular kabına kaplarına 3rd singular kabına kaplarına 1st plural kabımıza kaplarımıza 2nd plural kabınıza kaplarınıza 3rd plural kaplarına kaplarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kabımda kaplarımda 2nd singular kabında kaplarında 3rd singular kabında kaplarında 1st plural kabımızda kaplarımızda 2nd plural kabınızda kaplarınızda 3rd plural kaplarında kaplarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kabımdan kaplarımdan 2nd singular kabından kaplarından 3rd singular kabından kaplarından 1st plural kabımızdan kaplarımızdan 2nd plural kabınızdan kaplarınızdan 3rd plural kaplarından kaplarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kabımın kaplarımın 2nd singular kabının kaplarının 3rd singular kabının kaplarının 1st plural kabımızın kaplarımızın 2nd plural kabınızın kaplarınızın 3rd plural kaplarının kaplarının

Borrowed from French cape.

kap (definite accusative kapı, plural kaplar)

1. cape (sleeveless garment covering the torso, especially as a woman’s dress)

Inflection
Nominative	kap
Definite accusative	kapı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kap	kaplar
Definite accusative	kapı	kapları
Dative	kapa	kaplara
Locative	kapta	kaplarda
Ablative	kaptan	kaplardan
Genitive	kapın	kapların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular kapım kaplarım 2nd singular kapın kapların 3rd singular kapı kapları 1st plural kapımız kaplarımız 2nd plural kapınız kaplarınız 3rd plural kapları kapları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kapımı kaplarımı 2nd singular kapını kaplarını 3rd singular kapını kaplarını 1st plural kapımızı kaplarımızı 2nd plural kapınızı kaplarınızı 3rd plural kaplarını kaplarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular kapıma kaplarıma 2nd singular kapına kaplarına 3rd singular kapına kaplarına 1st plural kapımıza kaplarımıza 2nd plural kapınıza kaplarınıza 3rd plural kaplarına kaplarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kapımda kaplarımda 2nd singular kapında kaplarında 3rd singular kapında kaplarında 1st plural kapımızda kaplarımızda 2nd plural kapınızda kaplarınızda 3rd plural kaplarında kaplarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kapımdan kaplarımdan 2nd singular kapından kaplarından 3rd singular kapından kaplarından 1st plural kapımızdan kaplarımızdan 2nd plural kapınızdan kaplarınızdan 3rd plural kaplarından kaplarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kapımın kaplarımın 2nd singular kapının kaplarının 3rd singular kapının kaplarının 1st plural kapımızın kaplarımızın 2nd plural kapınızın kaplarınızın 3rd plural kaplarının kaplarının

kap

1. second-person singular imperative of kapmak

kap (nominative plural kaps)

1. head

• IPA^(key): /kap˧˥/

káp

1. (transitive) to shoot

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 81