kapas
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kapas
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kapas
Verb edit
kapas
- to say
See also edit
Dupaningan Agta edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kapas.
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kapas
Ilocano edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kapas. Compare Malay kapas.
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kapas
Indonesian edit
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kapas (first-person possessive kapasku, second-person possessive kapasmu, third-person possessive kapasnya)
- cotton, Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber.
- cotton fiber, used as a source of cotton fabric
- content of cotton fruit, contain cotton fiber
Usage notes edit
In Indonesia, cotton in sense of fabric called katun, while cotton in sense of plant and fiber called kapas.
Further reading edit
- “kapas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
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Romanization edit
kapas
- Romanization of ꦏꦥꦱ꧀
Lithuanian edit
Etymology edit
Balto-Slavic cognates include Latvian kaps (“grave”), Proto-Slavic *kopa (“heap, shock”).
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kapas m
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kapas.
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kapas
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Etymology edit
Several etymologies have been proposed:
- From Pali kappāsa (“cotton”), from Sanskrit कर्पास (karpāsa, “cotton”), from a Pre-Indo-Aryan substrate. Compare Burushaski [script needed] (γupas).
- From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kapas (“cotton, thread”), from East Austroasiatic, whence Proto-Mon-Khmer *kpaas (“cotton”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kapas (Jawi spelling کاڤس, plural kapas-kapas, informal 1st possessive kapasku, 2nd possessive kapasmu, 3rd possessive kapasnya)
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: kapas
Further reading edit
- “kapas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- “kapas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
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kapas
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Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from Malay kapas, ultimately from Sanskrit कर्पास (karpāsa, “cotton”). Compare Hindi कपास (kapās).
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kapas (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜐ᜔)
- (botany) upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)
- (zoology) a type of bony fish
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Further reading edit
- “kapas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018