kapas

See also: kåpas

English

Noun

kapas

1. plural of kapa

Anagrams

• Kaaps, paska

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Chuukese

Noun

kapas

1. word

Verb

kapas

1. to say

See also

• apasa
• era

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Dupaningan Agta

Noun

kapas

1. cotton

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Ilocano

Etymology

Compare Malay kapas.

Noun

kapas

1. cotton

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kapas (“cotton”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.pas/

Noun

kapas (first-person possessive kapasku, second-person possessive kapasmu, third-person possessive kapasnya)

1. cotton, Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber.
2. cotton fiber, used as a source of cotton fabric
3. content of cotton fruit, contain cotton fiber

Usage notes

In Indonesia, cotton in sense of fabric called katun, while cotton in sense of plant and fiber called kapas.

Further reading

• “kapas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Javanese

Romanization

kapas

1. Romanization of ꦏꦥꦱ꧀

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Lithuanian

Etymology

Balto-Slavic cognates include Latvian kaps (“grave”), Proto-Slavic *kopa (“heap, shock”).

Noun

kapas m

1. grave

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

kapas

1. cotton

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Malay

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.pas/

Noun

kapas (Jawi spelling کاڤس, plural kapas-kapas, informal 1st possessive kapasku, 2nd possessive kapasmu, 3rd possessive kapasnya)

1. cotton (plant)
2. cotton (fibre)

Descendants

• Indonesian: kapas

Further reading

• “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 of Indonesia, 2016.

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Swedish

Verb

kapas

1. (deprecated template usage) passive infinitive of kapa
2. (deprecated template usage) present passive of kapa

Anagrams

• skapa