kapu
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hawaiian kapu, from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Doublet of taboo.
Noun[edit]
kapu (plural kapu or kapus)
- 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.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 43:
Anagrams[edit]
'Are'are[edit]
Noun[edit]
kapu
References[edit]
- Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
kapu
- (colloquial) captain (such as a captain of a ship)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of kapu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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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 |
Possessive forms of kapu (type valo) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | kapuni | kapumme |
2nd person | kapusi | kapunne |
3rd person | kapunsa |
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Possibly from dialectal Swedish kabb, but compare also kapista and kapula.
Noun[edit]
kapu
Anagrams[edit]
Hawaiian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Cognate with Maori tapu.
Noun[edit]
kapu
- taboo, prohibition
- something sacred or holy, and thus prohibited or forbidden to most
Descendants[edit]
- → English: kapu
Verb[edit]
kapu
- (stative) to be prohibited; to be consecrated, to be holy
Derived terms[edit]
- hoʻokapu: to make something taboo; to consecrate, to make holy
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
kapu
- a tub
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
kapu
- a cap
Derived terms[edit]
- pāpale kapu (“cap”, literally “cap hat”)
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a Turkic language, compare Old Turkic kapug (kapug), Ottoman Turkish قاپو (kapu, “gate”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kapu (plural kapuk)

Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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 |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
kapué | kapuké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
kapuéi | kapukéi |
Possessive forms of kapu | ||
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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[edit]
Compound words
Expressions
Further reading[edit]
- kapu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Laboya[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kapu
References[edit]
- Allahverdi Verdizade (2019), “kapu”, in Lamboya word list, Leiden: LexiRumah
Latvian[edit]
Noun[edit]
kapu m
- accusative singular form of kaps
- instrumental singular form of kaps
- genitive plural form of kaps
- genitive plural form of kapi
Lower Sorbian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kapu
Swahili[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun[edit]
kapu (ma class, plural makapu)
- Augmentative of kikapu: large basket
Turkish[edit]
Noun[edit]
kapu
- Archaic form of kapı.
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