kapu

English

Etymology

From Hawaiian kapu.

Noun

kapu (plural kapu)

1. Taboo, especially in Hawaiian contexts.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 43:

     The operation of taboos – or kapu – kept society ordered, quite cruelly on occasion.

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu

Noun

kapu

1. taboo

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Hungarian

kapu

Etymology

From a Turkic language, compare Old Turkic kapug, Ottoman Turkish قاپو (kapu, “gate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒpu/

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• Hyphenation: ka‧pu

Noun

kapu (plural kapuk)

1. gate, entrance, (street) door
2. (sports) goal

kapu

Declension

declension of kapu 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

possessives of kapu possessor singular possession plural possession 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

• kapus