different between kapo vs kayo

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

English

Etymology

Respelling of the initial letters KO.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???

Noun

kayo (plural kayos or kayoes)

1. (boxing) A knockout.

Verb

kayo (third-person singular simple present kayos or kayoes, present participle kayoing, simple past and past participle kayoed)

1. To knock someone out, or render them unconscious or senseless.

Anagrams

• oaky, okay, yoak

Bikol Central

Noun

kayo (kayô) (Bikol Legazpi)

1. (vulgar) coitus; sexual intercourse

   Synonyms: durog, kito

2. (botany) silk-cotton tree (káyo)

Verb

kayo (kayô) (Bikol Legazpi)

1. (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex

   Synonyms: durog, kito

Derived terms

• parakayo sa gadan

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• (dialectal) kalayo

Etymology

Contraction of kalayo.

Pronunciation

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /?ka?yu/

Noun

kayo

1. fire; a (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
2. an instance of fire, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end

Chamicuro

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gallo.

Noun

kayo

1. cock, rooster

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto kajo.

Noun

kayo (plural kayi)

1. (nautical) wharf, quay

Derived terms

• ankayeskar (“to put at quay”)

Karao

Pronoun

kayo

1. (in the plural) you

Maranao

Alternative forms

• kaio

Noun

kayo

1. wood
2. tree

Derived terms

• pakakayo

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaya.

Adjective

kayo

1. rich

Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kaso, from Proto-Oceanic *kaso, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kasaw.

Noun

kayo

1. small house rafter (on which the sinnet is wrapped)

Sambali

Noun

kayo

1. wood; lumber
2. tree

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronoun

kayó

1. (in the plural) you
2. (honorific singular) you

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

kayo

1. cloth; textile; fabric

Synonyms

• habi
• tela

Yami

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *kahiw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Noun

kayo

1. tree