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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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kapo, from Italian capo.(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Wikipedia says this ety is uncertain and suggests several others.”)

Noun

kapo (plural kapos)

1. (historical) A prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was given food and privileges in return for supervising other prisoners doing forced labor.

Translations

Anagrams

• poak

Burushaski

Noun

kapo

1. cuckoo

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kapo/
• Hyphenation: ka?po

Etymology 1

From Latin caput and Italian capo.

Noun

kapo (accusative singular kapon, plural kapoj, accusative plural kapojn)

1. head
   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, "Proverbaro Esperanta":

     Kiom da kapoj, tiom da opinioj.

     However many heads, that many opinions.

Derived terms

• skeletkapo

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ????? (káppa, “the letter ?”).

Noun

kapo (accusative singular kapon, plural kapoj, accusative plural kapojn)

1. kappa

Finnish

Alternative forms

• capo

Noun

kapo

1. (music) capotasto, capo

Declension

Anagrams

• pako, poka

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kapo, from Italian capo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.po/

Noun

kapo m (plural kapos)

1. (historical) kapo

Further reading

• “kapo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Ido

Noun

kapo (plural kapi)

1. head

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka.p?/

Etymology 1

From German Kapo, from Italian capo, from Vulgar Latin *capum, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic *kaput, from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput-.

Noun

kapo m pers (indeclinable) or kapo f (indeclinable)

1. (historical) kapo (male or female)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

kapo

1. vocative singular of kapa

Further reading

• kapo in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• kapo in Polish dictionaries at PWN