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kapas

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See also: kåpas

English

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Noun

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kapas

  1. plural of kapa

Anagrams

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Chuukese

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Noun

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kapas

  1. word

Verb

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kapas

  1. to say

See also

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Dupaningan Agta

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kapas.

Noun

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kapas

  1. cotton

Ilocano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kapas. Compare Cebuano gapas & Malay kapas.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkapas/ [ˈkɐ.pas]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧pas

Noun

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kapas

  1. cotton

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay kapas (cotton).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈka.pas/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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kapas (plural kapas-kapas)

  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

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

Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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kapas

  1. romanization of ꦏꦥꦱ꧀

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Nominalization of kàpti or kapóti (to chop), alternatively kõpti (to heap and bury). Balto-Slavic cognates include Latvian kaps (grave), Proto-Slavic *kopa (heap, shock).

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Noun

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kãpas m stress pattern 4

  1. grave
  2. tomb
  3. (in the plural) cemetery

Declension

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Declension of kãpas
singular
(vienaskaita)
plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) kãpas kapai̇̃
genitive (kilmininkas) kãpo kapų̃
dative (naudininkas) kãpui kapáms
accusative (galininkas) kãpą kapùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) kapù kapai̇̃s
locative (vietininkas) kapè kapuosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) kãpe kapai̇̃

References

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  • Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “kãpas, kàpti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language]‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, pages 459 and 461

Lubuagan Kalinga

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kapas.

Noun

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kapas

  1. cotton

Malay

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Etymology

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Several etymologies have been proposed:

Although the word might also have been a wanderword originating from either an Austronesian or Austroasiatic language.

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Noun

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kapas (Jawi spelling کاڤس, plural kapas-kapas or kapas2)

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

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: kapas

Further reading

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Swedish

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Verb

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kapas

  1. passive infinitive of kapa
  2. present passive of kapa

Anagrams

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Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Possibly from Malay kapas, ultimately from Sanskrit कर्पास (karpāsa, cotton). Compare Hindi कपास (kapās).

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Noun

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kapas (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜐ᜔)

  1. (botany) upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)
  2. (zoology) a type of bony fish
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish capaz, from Latin capācem (capable, able).

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Adjective

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kapás (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜐ᜔)

  1. capable
    Synonym: kaya

Further reading

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  • kapas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

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