kapu
English edit
Etymology edit
From Hawaiian kapu, from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Doublet of taboo.
Noun edit
kapu (plural kapu or kapus)
- Taboo, especially in Hawaiian contexts.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 43:
- The operation of taboos – or kapu – kept society ordered, quite cruelly on occasion.
Anagrams edit
'Are'are edit
Noun edit
kapu
References edit
- Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
kapu (colloquial)
- captain (such as a captain of a ship)
Declension edit
Inflection of kapu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kapu | kaput | ||
genitive | kapun | kapujen | ||
partitive | kapua | kapuja | ||
illative | kapuun | kapuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kapu | kaput | ||
accusative | nom. | kapu | kaput | |
gen. | kapun | |||
genitive | kapun | kapujen | ||
partitive | kapua | kapuja | ||
inessive | kapussa | kapuissa | ||
elative | kapusta | kapuista | ||
illative | kapuun | kapuihin | ||
adessive | kapulla | kapuilla | ||
ablative | kapulta | kapuilta | ||
allative | kapulle | kapuille | ||
essive | kapuna | kapuina | ||
translative | kapuksi | kapuiksi | ||
abessive | kaputta | kapuitta | ||
instructive | — | kapuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Possibly from dialectal Swedish kabb, but compare also kapista and kapula.
Noun edit
kapu (dialectal)
- (wooden) pin
Anagrams edit
Hawaiian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Cognate with Maori tapu.
Noun edit
kapu
- taboo, prohibition
- something sacred or holy, and thus prohibited or forbidden to most
Descendants edit
- → English: kapu
Verb edit
kapu
- (stative) to be prohibited; to be consecrated, to be holy
Derived terms edit
- hoʻokapu: to make something taboo; to consecrate, to make holy
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
kapu
- a tub
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
kapu
- a cap
Derived terms edit
- pāpale kapu (“cap”, literally “cap hat”)
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From a Turkic language, compare Old Turkic kapug, Ottoman Turkish قاپو (kapu, “gate”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kapu (plural kapuk)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kapu | kapuk |
accusative | kaput | kapukat |
dative | kapunak | kapuknak |
instrumental | kapuval | kapukkal |
causal-final | kapuért | kapukért |
translative | kapuvá | kapukká |
terminative | kapuig | kapukig |
essive-formal | kapuként | kapukként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | kapuban | kapukban |
superessive | kapun | kapukon |
adessive | kapunál | kapuknál |
illative | kapuba | kapukba |
sublative | kapura | kapukra |
allative | kapuhoz | kapukhoz |
elative | kapuból | kapukból |
delative | kapuról | kapukról |
ablative | kaputól | kapuktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
kapué | kapuké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
kapuéi | kapukéi |
Possessive forms of kapu | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | kapum | kapuim |
2nd person sing. | kapud | kapuid |
3rd person sing. | kapuja | kapui |
1st person plural | kapunk | kapuink |
2nd person plural | kaputok | kapuitok |
3rd person plural | kapujuk | kapuik |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- kapu 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
Kari'na edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cariban *kapu; compare Apalaí kapu, Trió kapu, Wayana kapu, Ye'kwana kaju, Waiwai ka', Akawaio ka', Macushi ka', Pemon ka', Yao (South America) capou.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kapu (possessed kapuru)
- sky
- heaven, mythological residence of God (tamusi) and certain benevolent spirits in the sky
- clouds collectively
References edit
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 291
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “kapu”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 206; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956, page 199
Laboya edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kapu
References edit
- Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “kapu”, in Lamboya word list[3], Leiden: LexiRumah
Latvian edit
Noun edit
kapu m
Lower Sorbian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kapu
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
kapu (ma class, plural makapu)
- Augmentative of kikapu: large basket
Trió edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cariban *kapu. Compare Ye'kwana kaju, Macushi ka', Panare ka', Wayana kapu, Kari'na kapu.
Noun edit
kapu
Turkish edit
Noun edit
kapu