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

Inflection of kapu (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

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§Lower Sorbian

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkapu/

§Noun

kapu

1. accusative singular of kapa
2. instrumental singular of kapa