kapa

kapa (countable and uncountable, plural kapas)

1. Alternative form of tapa (“Polynesian cloth”)

• kapa haka

• AAKP

Kapâ.

kapa

1. (slang, Davao) good-looking, cool
2. (slang, Butuan City) to perform a technique or procedure
3. drip

• IPA^(key): [ˈkapa]

kapa n or f

1. kappa

   Synonym: kappa

when feminine:

Indeclinable when neuter.

• “kapa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kapa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Uncertain. Compared with onomatopoeic kapista on one hand and Germanic words like Old Swedish skaveþorsker on the other.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑpɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝pɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ka‧pa

kapa (rare)

1. Synonym of kapakala

From Proto-Polynesian *tapa. Cognate to Samoan siapo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.pa/, [ˈkɐ.pə]

kapa

1. rim, edge
2. tapa

Back-formation from kapál.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒpɒ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧pa
• Rhymes: -pɒ

kapa (plural kapák)

1. hoe

• kapa 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

 

From Proto-Finnic *kapa. Cognates include Finnish kapa.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑpɑ/, [ˈkɑpɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑpɑ/, [ˈkɑb̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation: ka‧pa

kapa

1. dried fish
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11:

     Kapa, kala, kala, kana.

     Dried fish, fish, fish, hen.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 118

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaːpa]

kapa

1. wing

• Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “kapa”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 43
• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “kapa”, in Lamboya word list‎^[1], Leiden: LexiRumah

kapa m

1. genitive singular of kaps

From Latin cappa (“cape, sleeveless coat”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkapa/

kapa f

1. men’s jacket, outer garment

kapa

1. team, group
2. row, line

Borrowed from English copper.

kapa

1. copper

• “kapa” 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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-kápa

1. to chop

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kapa

1. or

 

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• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: ka‧pa
• Homophone: Kapa

Learned borrowing from Late Latin cappa. Sense 5 is a semantic loan from Spanish capa.

kapa f (diminutive kapka)

1. cover (top sheet of a bed)

   Synonym: narzuta

2. (Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism) cope, mantle, mantum (long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass)

   Synonym: pluwiał

3. (nautical) companionway

   Synonym: zejściówka

4. (equestrianism) horse blanket, rug (blanket placed underneath the saddle of a horse)

   Synonyms: derka, kuczma

6. (bullfighting) cape (cloth used by a bullfighter to trick the bull)

   Hypernym: płachta

7. (Near Masovian) piece of leather used in flails to tie the sledge with the beater

Deverbal from kapować.

kapa f

1. (prison slang) lookout (session of watching for an approaching enemy)

   Synonym: czaty

Clipping of klapa.

kapa f

1. (colloquial) flop, turkey (failure)

   Synonyms: kaplica, klapa

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kapa m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of kapo

• kapa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kapa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• kapa in PWN's encyclopedia
• Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “kapa”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 364

• IPA^(key): /kâpa/
• Hyphenation: ka‧pa

kȁpa f (Cyrillic spelling ка̏па)

1. cap (head covering)

• Crvenkapica
• Crvenkapa

kapa (needs class)

1. (Sheng) thousand shilling

   Synonyms: thao, ngiri

Borrowed from Dutch kapen.

kapa (present kapar, preterite kapade, supine kapat, imperative kapa)

1. to hijack; to seize control over something

• kapa till sig
• kapa åt sig
• kapare
• kaperi
• kapning

Borrowed from German kappen (“to cut off”).

kapa (present kapar, preterite kapade, supine kapat, imperative kapa)

2. to cut, making shorter

   Maskinen kapar automatiskt stockarna i hanterbara längder.

   The machine automatically cuts the logs into manageable lengths.

• avkapa
• kap

• kapa in Svensk ordbok.
• kapa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

From Malay kapak.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /kapa/ [k̠ɑˈpa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ka‧pa

kapa (Sulat Sūg spelling كَفَ)

1. ax, hatchet

kapa

1. (anatomy) fingernail, toenail

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpa/
• Hyphenation: ka‧pa

kapa

1. second-person singular imperative of kapamak

kapa

1. to scoop

Borrowed from Japanese 合羽 (kappa, “a raincoat, especially a poncho or other sleeveless style”).

kapa

1. raincoat