different between kaph vs kapu

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

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)

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.

Anagrams

• Kaup, puka

'Are'are

Noun

kapu

1. cup

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?pu/, [?k?pu]
• Rhymes: -?pu
• Syllabification: ka?pu

Etymology 1

Clipping of kapteeni.

Noun

kapu

1. (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

1. (dialectal) (wooden) pin

Anagrams

• paku

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Cognate with Maori tapu.

Noun

kapu

1. taboo, prohibition
2. something sacred or holy, and thus prohibited or forbidden to most

Descendants

• ? English: kapu

Verb

kapu

1. (stative) to be prohibited; to be consecrated, to be holy

Derived terms

• ho?okapu: to make something taboo; to consecrate, to make holy

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English tub.

Noun

kapu

1. a tub

Etymology 3

Borrowing from English cap.

Noun

kapu

1. a cap

Derived terms

• p?pale kapu (“cap”, literally “cap hat”)

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Turkic language, compare Old Turkic kapug? (kapug), Ottoman Turkish ????? (kapu, “gate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?pu]
• Hyphenation: ka?pu
• Rhymes: -pu

Noun

kapu (plural kapuk)

1. gate, entrance, (street) door
2. (sports) goal

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• kapu 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

Laboya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ka?pu]

Noun

kapu

1. lime

References

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) , “kapu”, in Lamboya word list, Leiden: LexiRumah

Latvian

Noun

kapu m

1. accusative singular form of kaps
2. instrumental singular form of kaps
3. genitive plural form of kaps
4. genitive plural form of kapi

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kapu/

Noun

kapu

1. accusative/instrumental singular of kapa

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

kapu (ma class, plural makapu)

1. Augmentative of kikapu: large basket