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

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kapa	kapák
accusative	kapát	kapákat
dative	kapának	kapáknak
instrumental	kapával	kapákkal
causal-final	kapáért	kapákért
translative	kapává	kapákká
terminative	kapáig	kapákig
essive-formal	kapaként	kapákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kapában	kapákban
superessive	kapán	kapákon
adessive	kapánál	kapáknál
illative	kapába	kapákba
sublative	kapára	kapákra
allative	kapához	kapákhoz
elative	kapából	kapákból
delative	kapáról	kapákról
ablative	kapától	kapáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	kapáé	kapáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kapáéi	kapákéi

Possessive forms of kapa
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kapám	kapáim
2nd person sing.	kapád	kapáid
3rd person sing.	kapája	kapái
1st person plural	kapánk	kapáink
2nd person plural	kapátok	kapáitok
3rd person plural	kapájuk	kapáik

• 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.

Declension of kapa (type 3/kana, p-v gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	kapa	kavat
genitive	kavan	kappoin
partitive	kappaa	kapoja
illative	kappaa	kappoi
inessive	kavas	kavois
elative	kavast	kavoist
allative	kavalle	kavoille
adessive	kaval	kavoil
ablative	kavalt	kavoilt
translative	kavaks	kavoiks
essive	kapanna, kappaan	kapoinna, kappoin
exessive1)	kapant	kapoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• 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 class ? (plural [please provide])

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