different between kap vs kaph

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kapa, from Proto-Indo-European *keh?p-. Cognate to (Baltic) Latvian kàmpju, kàmpt; Proto-Celtic *kawnos (Old Irish cúan, Irish cuan, Scottish Gaelic cuan); Proto-Germanic *habn?, Proto-Germanic *habjan? (“to have, lift”); Proto-Hellenic *kap?? (Ancient Greek ????? (kápt?)), Proto-Hellenic *k?p? (Ancient Greek ???? (k?p?)); Proto-Italic *kapi? (Latin capi?) and (perhaps) also Old Armenian ??? (xap?), Old Armenian ??????? (xap?anem) (perhaps) and Latin capsa. Possibly also an ultimate doublet of kopsht.

Verb

• (active) kap (first-person singular past tense kapa, participle kapur)
• (passive) kápem (first-person singular past tense u kapa, participle kapur)

1. (intransitive) I grab, grip (someone or something)

   Synomyms: rrok, zë

2. (2nd person) (you) catch (an object or feelings)
3. I seize, keep, hold (something, someone); I take or occupy (land, position)

   Synonyms: marr, pushtoj, qep

4. I find, surprise (a person in a situation, act)

   Synonym: gjej

5. (figuratively, 3rd person) possess, overwhelm, scare (by a feeling, illness, demon)
6. I understand, see, hear immediately (a problem, issue, mission, task)

   Synonym: kuptoj

7. I reach (to); meet (someone or something that walks in front)

   Synonym: arrij; takoj

8. (intransitive, figuratively) I start, begin (work, job, path)

   Synonyms: nis, filloj

9. (3rd person) tan, warm up (by the sun); captures (by wind; military service)

   Synonym: rrah, nxij; përfshij

   (Gheg examples)

10. (3rd person) determine, constitute; reach, cost (a high sum)

    Synonym: kushtoj

11. tie, bind, braid (hair)

    Synonym: lidh

12. (figuratively) snatch, pull off (hat, wig)

    Synonyms: heq, tërheq, shkul

Conjugation

• active voice

Derived terms

• kapth
• kaps, kapsllëk m, kapsllëku m
• kapem, kapur, kapje f, kapja f
• kapës, kapësi m, kapëse f, kapësja f
• kapëz f, kapëza f, kapshëm
• kapt, kaptë f, kapta f, kaptoj, kaptohet, kaptuar
• kapis (kapit), kapitem, kapitur, kapitje f, kapitja f
• rraskapit, rraskapitem, rraskapitur, rraskapitje f, rraskapitja f
• kaploj, kaplohem, kapluar

Further reading

• [1] active verb kap (aorist: kapa, participle: kapur) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
• [2] passive verb kapem / kápem (aorist: u kapa, participle: kapur) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

Noun

kap f

1. lid, cover

References

Danish

Noun

kap n (singular definite kappet, plural indefinite kap)

1. (geography) cape

Declension

Verb

kap

1. imperative of kappe

References

• “kap” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?p/
• Hyphenation: kap
• Rhymes: -?p

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch cappe.

Noun

kap f (plural kappen, diminutive kapje n)

1. cap
2. cover

Derived terms

• autokap
• beschermkap
• fietskap
• ijskap
• kaplaars
• kapsteen
• lampenkap
• mantelkap
• mondkap
• monnikskap
• motorkap
• narrenkap
• Roodkapje

Etymology 2

From kappen.

Noun

kap m (uncountable)

1. stroke; chopping

Verb

kap

1. first-person singular present indicative of kappen
2. imperative of kappen

Anagrams

• pak

Haitian Creole

Etymology 1

Verb

kap

1. Clipping of kapab.

Etymology 2

Particle

kap

1. Contraction of ki ap.

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably an onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?p]
• Rhymes: -?p

Verb

kap

1. (transitive) to get, to receive
2. (intransitive) to snatch, to grab (referring to a sudden movement) (-hoz/-hez/-höz or -ba/-be)
3. (transitive, dialectal) to find

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

Further reading

• kap in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Min Nan

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kaup, from Proto-Germanic *kaupaz, from Latin caupo (“tradesman”). Cognates include Old English ??ap and Old Dutch *c?p.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka?p/

Noun

k?p m

1. purchase

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: kuup

• West Frisian: keap

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kap/

Verb

kap

1. second-person singular imperative of kapa?

Semai

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kap ~ *kaap (“to bite”); cognate with Vietnamese c?p, Bahnar k?p, Pacoh cáp, Khasi jkep, Khmer ??????? (tr?kap), Car Nicobarese kap.

Verb

kap

1. to bite

Derived terms

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kap?.

Noun

k?p f (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. drop
2. stroke (brain hemorrhage)

Declension

Derived terms

• k?pljica
• kaplja

Southern Kam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?a?³/

Noun

kap

1. ear

Swedish

Etymology

From Old French cap, from Provençal, ultimately from Latin caput (“head”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kap n

1. (geography) cape
2. catch
3. cut

Declension

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English cup.

Noun

kap

1. cup

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kap/

Etymology 1

From Old Turkic kap? (kap), from Proto-Turkic *k?, *k?p.

Noun

kap (definite accusative kab?, plural kaplar)

1. vessel, can, container, holder, pot, case
2. cover (of a vessel etc.)

Etymology 2

From French cape.

Noun

kap (definite accusative kap?, plural kaplar)

1. cape (sleeveless garment covering the torso, especially as a woman’s dress)

Etymology 3

Verb

kap

1. second-person singular imperative of kapmak

Volapük

Noun

kap (nominative plural kaps)

1. head

Declension

Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kap??/

Verb

káp

1. (transitive) to shoot

Derived terms

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 81

English

Alternative forms

• kaf
• kap

Etymology

From Hebrew ????? (kaf, “kaph”), from Proto-Semitic *kapp- (“palm, hand”) (Akkadian ???? (kappu(m)), Hebrew ????? (kaf, “hand/foot”), Arabic ????? (kaff), Ugaritic ???????? (kp))

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??f/, /kæf/

Noun

kaph (plural kaphs)

1. The eleventh letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

Translations

Further reading

• kaph on Wikipedia.Wikipedia