kapu

English

Etymology

From Hawaiian kapu, from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Doublet of taboo.

Noun

kapu (plural kapu or kapus)

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.

Anagrams

• Kaup, puka

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑpu/
• Hyphenation: ka‧pu

Etymology 1

Clipping of kapteeni.

Noun

kapu

1. (colloquial) captain (such as a captain of a ship)

Declension

Inflection of kapu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
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
instructive		—	kapuin
abessive		kaputta	kapuitta
comitative		—	kapuineen

Synonyms

• kapteeni

Etymology 2

Noun

kapu

1. (dialectal) (wooden) pin

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Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Cognate with Maori tapu.

Noun

kapu

1. taboo, prohibition
2. something sacred or holy, and thus prohibited or forbidden to most

Descendants

• → English: kapu

Verb

kapu

1. (stative) to be prohibited; to be consecrated, to be holy

Derived terms

• hoʻokapu: to make something taboo; to consecrate, to make holy

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English tub.

Noun

kapu

1. a tub

Etymology 3

Borrowing from English cap.

Noun

kapu

1. a cap

Derived terms

• pāpale kapu (“cap”, literally “cap hat”)

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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

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	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

Possessive forms of kapu
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

• kapus

(Compound words):

• gyomorkapu
• májkapu

(Expressions):

• nyitott kapukat dönget

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Latvian

Noun

kapu m

1. accusative singular form of kaps
2. instrumental singular form of kaps
3. genitive plural form of kaps
4. genitive plural form of kapi

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkapu/

Noun

kapu

1. accusative and instrumental singular of kapa

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Swahili

Noun

kapu (ma class, plural makapu)

1. Augmentative of kikapu: large basket