kapo
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Kapo, see there for further etymology. Doublet of corporal and capo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kapo (plural kapos)
- (historical) A prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was given food and privileges in return for supervising other prisoners doing forced labor.
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Basque edit
Etymology edit
From Italian capo (“head, chief”), probably via Spanish capo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kapo anim
Declension edit
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | kapo | kapoa | kapoak |
ergative | kapok | kapoak | kapoek |
dative | kapori | kapoari | kapoei |
genitive | kaporen | kapoaren | kapoen |
comitative | kaporekin | kapoarekin | kapoekin |
causative | kaporengatik | kapoarengatik | kapoengatik |
benefactive | kaporentzat | kapoarentzat | kapoentzat |
instrumental | kapoz | kapoaz | kapoez |
inessive | kaporengan | kapoarengan | kapoengan |
locative | — | — | — |
allative | kaporengana | kapoarengana | kapoengana |
terminative | kaporenganaino | kapoarenganaino | kapoenganaino |
directive | kaporenganantz | kapoarenganantz | kapoenganantz |
destinative | kaporenganako | kapoarenganako | kapoenganako |
ablative | kaporengandik | kapoarengandik | kapoengandik |
partitive | kaporik | — | — |
prolative | kapotzat | — | — |
Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin capus (“head”). Doublet of ĉapitro.
Noun edit
kapo (accusative singular kapon, plural kapoj, accusative plural kapojn)
- (anatomy) head
- 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta[1]:
- Kiom da kapoj, tiom da opinioj.
- However many heads, that many opinions.
Derived terms edit
- skeletkapo (“skull”)
Etymology 2 edit
Κκ | Previous: | joto |
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Next: | lambdo |
From Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa, “the letter Κ”).
Noun edit
kapo (accusative singular kapon, plural kapoj, accusative plural kapojn)
Finnish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kapo
Declension edit
Inflection of kapo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kapo | kapot | ||
genitive | kapon | kapojen | ||
partitive | kapoa | kapoja | ||
illative | kapoon | kapoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kapo | kapot | ||
accusative | nom. | kapo | kapot | |
gen. | kapon | |||
genitive | kapon | kapojen | ||
partitive | kapoa | kapoja | ||
inessive | kapossa | kapoissa | ||
elative | kaposta | kapoista | ||
illative | kapoon | kapoihin | ||
adessive | kapolla | kapoilla | ||
ablative | kapolta | kapoilta | ||
allative | kapolle | kapoille | ||
essive | kapona | kapoina | ||
translative | kapoksi | kapoiksi | ||
abessive | kapotta | kapoitta | ||
instructive | — | kapoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Kapo, from Italian capo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kapo m (plural kapos)
Further reading edit
- “kapo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ido edit
Noun edit
kapo (plural kapi)
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from German Kapo, from Italian capo, from Vulgar Latin *capum, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic *kaput, from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput-.
Noun edit
kapo m pers (indeclinable) or kapo f (indeclinable)
- (historical, Nazism) kapo (male or female)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
kapo