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) Taboo, especially in Hawaiian contexts. === Anagrams === Kaup, puka == 'Are'are == === Etymology === Borrowed from Pijin kap, from English cup. === Noun === kapu cup === References === Naitoro, Kateřina (2013) A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (Thesis)‎[3], Christchurch, New Zealand: University of Canterbury, archived from the original on 2017-11-28 == Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɑpu/, [ˈkɑ̝pu] Rhymes: -ɑpu Syllabification(key): ka‧pu Hyphenation(key): ka‧pu === Etymology 1 === Clipping of kapteeni +‎ -u. ==== Noun ==== kapu (colloquial) captain (such as a captain of a ship) ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== kapteeni === Etymology 2 === Possibly from dialectal Swedish kabb, but compare also kapista and kapula. ==== Noun ==== kapu (dialectal, Tavastia, Ostrobothnia, Kymenlaakso, Central Finland) (wooden) pin ===== Declension ===== === Anagrams === paku == Gagauz == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish قَاپُو (qapu), from Proto-Turkic *kap-ïg, a Proto-Turkic *kap-. The irregular preservation of the final /u/ is unexplained. By surface analysis, kapa- +‎ -u. Compare Turkish kapı, Azerbaijani qapı. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɑˈpu/ Hyphenation: ka‧pu === Noun === kapu (definite accusative kapuyu, plural kapular) door, gate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 46 Kopuşçu M. İ., Todorova S. A., Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 92 == Hawaiian == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Cognate with Māori tapu. ==== Noun ==== kapu taboo, prohibition something sacred or holy, and thus prohibited or forbidden to most ===== Descendants ===== → English: kapu ==== Verb ==== kapu (stative) to be prohibited; to be consecrated, to be holy ===== Derived terms ===== hoʻokapu: to make something taboo; to consecrate, to make holy ===== Related terms ===== kapuahi (“fireplace”) === Etymology 2 === Borrowing from English tub. ==== Noun ==== kapu a tub ===== Derived terms ===== kapu ʻauʻau (“bathtub”) === Etymology 3 === Borrowing from English cap. ==== Noun ==== kapu a cap ===== Derived terms ===== pāpale kapu (“cap”, literally “cap hat”) == Hungarian == === Etymology === From a Turkic language, compare Old Turkic kapug, Ottoman Turkish قاپو (kapu, “gate”). First attested in 1009. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkɒpu] Rhymes: -pu Hyphenation: ka‧pu === Noun === kapu (plural kapuk) gate, entrance, (street) door (a doorlike structure outside a house) (sports) goal (an area into which the players attempt to put an object) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === kapu in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Japanese == === Romanization === kapu Rōmaji transcription of カプ == Kari'na == === Etymology === From Proto-Cariban *kapu; compare Apalaí kapu, Trió kapu, Wayana kapu, Ye'kwana kaju, Waiwai ka', Akawaio ka', Macushi ka', Pemon ka', Yao (South America) capou. === Pronunciation === (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA(key): [kaːpu] (East Suriname) IPA(key): [kaʔpu] === Noun === kapu (possessed kapuru) sky heaven, mythological residence of God (tamusi) and certain benevolent spirits in the sky clouds collectively === References === Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[4], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 291 Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “kapu”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 206; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎[5], Paris, 1956, page 199 == Laboya == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkaːpu] === Noun === kapu lime === References === Allahverdi Verdizade (2019), “kapu”, in Lamboya word list‎[6], Leiden: LexiRumah == Latvian == === Noun === kapu m inflection of kaps: accusative/instrumental singular genitive plural genitive plural of kapi == Lithuanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [kɐˈpʊ] Rhymes: -ʊ Syllabification: ka‧pù === Noun === kapù instrumental singular of kapas == Lower Sorbian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈka.pu/ Rhymes: -apu Syllabification: ka‧pu === Noun === kapu accusative/instrumental singular of kapa == Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *kapu (“cup-like container”), from Proto-Central Pacific *kapu, from Proto-Oceanic *kabu (“cup, ladle”), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *kabuq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *kabuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kabuq (“ladle, dipper”). Cognates include Tahitian ʻapu (“cavity, shell of gourds etc.”), Samoan ʻapu and Tongan kapu (“receptacle from rolled up leaf”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkapu/ [ˈkɐpʉ] === Noun === kapu scoop, ladle Synonyms: koko, tīkoko palm of one's hand instep of one's foot === Verb === kapu to ladle, to scoop up Synonyms: koko, tīkoko === Derived terms === === References === === Further reading === Williams, Herbert William (1917), “kapu”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 114 John C. Moorfield (2011), “kapu”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN == Swahili == === Pronunciation === === Noun === kapu class V (plural makapu class VI) augmentative of kikapu: large basket == Trió == === Etymology === From Proto-Cariban *kapu. Compare Ye'kwana kaju, Macushi ka', Panare ka', Wayana kapu, Kari'na kapu. === Noun === kapu sky == Turkish == === Noun === kapu archaic form of kapı