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.
Translations[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
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
Further reading[edit]
- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
- English doublets
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with historical senses
- en:Nazism
- en:People
- Basque terms derived from Italian
- Basque terms borrowed from Spanish
- Basque terms derived from Spanish
- Basque terms derived from Latin
- Basque terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Basque/apo
- Rhymes:Basque/apo/2 syllables
- Basque lemmas
- Basque nouns
- Basque animate nouns
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Esperanto/apo
- Esperanto terms borrowed from Latin
- Esperanto terms derived from Latin
- Esperanto doublets
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto nouns
- eo:Anatomy
- Esperanto terms with quotations
- Esperanto terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Esperanto terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Esperanto BRO2
- eo:Greek letter names
- Finnish terms derived from Italian
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑpo
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑpo/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Music
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- French terms borrowed from German
- French terms derived from German
- French terms derived from Italian
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French terms spelled with K
- French masculine nouns
- French terms with historical senses
- fr:Nazism
- fr:People
- Ido lemmas
- Ido nouns
- io:Anatomy
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/apɔ
- Rhymes:Polish/apɔ/2 syllables
- Polish terms borrowed from German
- Polish terms derived from German
- Polish terms derived from Italian
- Polish terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Polish terms derived from Latin
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish indeclinable nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish personal nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- Polish terms with historical senses
- pl:Nazism
- Polish non-lemma forms
- Polish noun forms
- pl:People