# kap
## Albanian
### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kapa, from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Cognate to (Baltic) Latvian kàmpju, kàmpt; Proto-Celtic *kawnos (Old Irish cúan, Irish cuan, Scottish Gaelic cuan); Proto-Germanic *habnō, Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have, lift”); Proto-Hellenic *kapťō (Ancient Greek κάπτω (káptō)), Proto-Hellenic *kṓpā (Ancient Greek κώπη (kṓpē)); Proto-Italic *kapiō (Latin capiō) and (perhaps) also Old Armenian խափ (xapʻ), Old Armenian խափանեմ (xapʻanem) (perhaps) and Latin capsa.

### Verb

* (active) kap (aorist kapa, participle kapur)
* (passive) kápem (aorist u kapa, participle kapur)
* (intransitive) to grab, grip (someone or something)
    Synonyms: rrok, zë
    Kape për flokësh!Grab her/him by the hair!
* (2nd person) (you) catch (an object or feelings)
* to seize, keep, hold (something, someone); to take or occupy (land, position)
    Synonyms: marr, pushtoj; qep
* to find, surprise (a person in a situation, act)
    Synonym: gjej
* (figurative, third person) to possess, overwhelm, scare (by a feeling, illness, demon)
* to understand, see, hear immediately (a problem, issue, mission, task)
    Synonym: kuptoj
* to reach (to); meet (someone or something that walks in front)
    Synonyms: arrij; takoj
* (intransitive, figurative) to start, begin (work, job, path)
    Synonyms: nis, filloj
* (third person) to tan, warm up (by the sun); to capture (by wind; military service)
    Synonyms: rrah, nxij; përfshij
    (Gheg examples) E ka kap dielli.The sun had captured her/him. (meaning “He/she's got a sunburn/tan.”)
    E rreh dielli ujët.The sun warms up (beats up) the water(s).
* (third person) to determine, constitute; to reach, cost (a high sum)
    Synonym: kushtoj
* to tie, bind, braid (hair)
    Synonym: lidh
* (figurative) to snatch, pull off (hat, wig)
    Synonyms: heq, tërheq, shkul

#### Conjugation

* active voice
* Show compound tenses:

#### 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

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

### Noun

kap f
* lid, cover

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kap”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 169
* ↑ Demiraj, B. (1997) “kap”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi

## Danish
### Noun

kap n (singular definite kappet, plural indefinite kap)
* (geography) cape

#### Declension
### Verb

kap
* imperative of kappe

### References

* “kap” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɑp/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: kap
* Rhymes: -ɑp

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch cappe, from Late Latin cappa.

#### Noun

kap f (plural kappen, diminutive kapje n)
* cap
* cover

##### Derived terms

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

##### Descendants

* ⇒ Afrikaans: kappie
* Berbice Creole Dutch: kapu
* Negerhollands: kap
* → Indonesian: kap
* → Papiamentu: kap

### Etymology 2

Deverbal from kappen.

#### Noun

kap m (uncountable)
* stroke; chopping

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

kap
* inflection of kappen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* pak

## Gagauz
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish قَابْ (qap), from Proto-Turkic *kāp. Compare Turkish kap, Azerbaijani qab.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɑp/

### Noun

kap (definite accusative kabı, plural kaplar)
* tableware, dishes
* cover

#### Related terms

* kapak
* kapamaa
* kapan

### References

* N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “kap”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 243
* 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 91

## Haitian Creole
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kap/

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

kap
* Clipping of kapab.

### Etymology 2
#### Particle

kap
* Contraction of ki ap.
** 2019 March 19, “Rankont ann Itali ant Anvwaye Espesyal Etazini ak Larisi sou Kriz Venezuela a”, in Lavwadlamerik‎:Anvwaye espesyal Etazini pou Venezuela, Elliot Abrams, ak vis-minis afè etranjè Larisi, Sergei Ryabkov, ap fè reyinyon nan vil Wòm ann Itali pou yo pale sou sityasyon Venezuela kap agrave.”American Special Envoy for Venezuela Elliot Abrams and Russian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Ryabkov are meeting in the city of Rome, Italy to talk about "the situation in Venezuela which is worsening."

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

kap
* cape

##### Derived terms

* Kap Ayisyen

## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of kap – see 佮 (“and”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 佮).

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Probably an onomatopoeia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɒp]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒp

### Verb

kap
* (transitive) to get, to receive (from someone: -tól/-től; as something: -ul/-ül)
* (intransitive) to snatch, to grab (expressing a sudden movement) (with -hoz/-hez/-höz, -ba/-be, felé, or után)
* (transitive, dialectal) to find

#### Derived terms

* kapaszkodik
* kapat
* kapdos
* kapható
* kapkod
* kaptat
* adok-kapok
(With verbal prefixes):
* átkap
* bekap
* belekap
* elkap
* előkap
* felkap
* félrekap
* hátrakap
* hozzákap
* idekap
* kikap
* közbekap
* lekap
* megkap
* mellékap
* nekikap
* odakap
* összekap
* rákap
* rajtakap
* széjjelkap
* szétkap
* túlkap
* utánakap
* visszakap
* aki kapja, marja
* erőre kap
* eszi, nem eszi, nem kap mást
* hajba kap
* vérszemet kap

### References

* ↑ kap in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* kap in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkap̚/
* Hyphenation: kap

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

kap (uncountable)
* (nautical, archaic) rope
    Synonym: tali

### Etymology 2

From Dutch kap, from Middle Dutch cappe, from Late Latin cappa.

#### Noun

kap (uncountable)
* cap
* cover

##### Synonyms

* tudung
* tenda

##### Derived terms

* berkap
* kap mesin

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

kap (uncountable)
* short for kapital.

### Further reading

* “kap” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Mokilese
### Noun

kap (construct kapin)
* buttocks
    Synonym: kahu
* bottom, end

#### See also

* koapin

#### References

* Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

From Armenian կապ (kap).

### Noun

kap m or f
* rope

#### Derived terms

* kapik

### References

* Cabolov, R. L. (2001) “kāp”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 514
* Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “kap”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume I, London: Transnational Press, page 376b

### Further reading

* Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 328, page 75

## Old Frisian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaːp/

### Noun

kāp m
* purchase

#### Descendants

* North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: kuup
* Saterland Frisian: Koop
* 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: /ˈkap/
* (Lesser Poland):
** (Lasovia) IPA: /ˈkap/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ap
* Syllabification: kap

### Etymology 1

See kapa.

#### Noun

kap f
* (Lasovia) Alternative form of kapa (“wife's hat”)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

kap
* second-person singular imperative of kapać

### Further reading

* Oskar Kolberg (1865) “kaṕ”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 262

## Semai
### Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kap ~ *kaap (“to bite”); cognate with Vietnamese cạp, Bahnar kăp, Pacoh cáp, Khasi jkep, Khmer ត្រកាប់ (trɑkap), Car Nicobarese kap.

### Verb

kap
* to bite

#### Derived terms

* ke'nap

### References

* ↑ Basrim bin Ngah Aching (2008) Kamus Engròq Semay – Engròq Malaysia, Kamus Bahasa Semai – Bahasa Malaysia, Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kapь.

### Noun

kȃp f (Cyrillic spelling ка̑п)
* drop
* stroke (brain hemorrhage)

#### Derived terms

* kȁpljica
* kaplja

## Southern Kam
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰa⁵³/

### Noun

kap
* ear

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

kap n
* (geography) cape

### Etymology 2

Deverbal from kapa (“hijack”).

#### Noun

kap n
* a bargain, a steal, a catch (something (valuable) gotten for a very low price or with very low effort)
    För 1000 kr är den ett kap. Den är värd minst det dubbla.It's a steal at 1000 SEK. It's worth at least twice at much.
    Jag är ett riktigt kapI'm a real catch

### References

* kap in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* kap in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* kap in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English cup.

### Noun

kap
* cup

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɑp/

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قاب (kab), from Proto-Turkic *kāp. Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (kap).

#### Noun

kap (definite accusative kabı, plural kaplar)
* vessel, can, container, holder, pot, case
* cover (of a vessel etc.)

##### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
kap
kaplar
definite accusative
kabı
kapları
dative
kaba
kaplara
locative
kapta
kaplarda
ablative
kaptan
kaplardan
genitive
kabın
kapların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
kabım
kaplarım
2nd singular
kabın
kapların
3rd singular
kabı
kapları
1st plural
kabımız
kaplarımız
2nd plural
kabınız
kaplarınız
3rd plural
kapları
kapları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
kabımı
kaplarımı
2nd singular
kabını
kaplarını
3rd singular
kabını
kaplarını
1st plural
kabımızı
kaplarımızı
2nd plural
kabınızı
kaplarınızı
3rd plural
kaplarını
kaplarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
kabıma
kaplarıma
2nd singular
kabına
kaplarına
3rd singular
kabına
kaplarına
1st plural
kabımıza
kaplarımıza
2nd plural
kabınıza
kaplarınıza
3rd plural
kaplarına
kaplarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
kabımda
kaplarımda
2nd singular
kabında
kaplarında
3rd singular
kabında
kaplarında
1st plural
kabımızda
kaplarımızda
2nd plural
kabınızda
kaplarınızda
3rd plural
kaplarında
kaplarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
kabımdan
kaplarımdan
2nd singular
kabından
kaplarından
3rd singular
kabından
kaplarından
1st plural
kabımızdan
kaplarımızdan
2nd plural
kabınızdan
kaplarınızdan
3rd plural
kaplarından
kaplarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
kabımın
kaplarımın
2nd singular
kabının
kaplarının
3rd singular
kabının
kaplarının
1st plural
kabımızın
kaplarımızın
2nd plural
kabınızın
kaplarınızın
3rd plural
kaplarının
kaplarının :

##### Derived terms

* kaplı

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French cape.

#### Noun

kap (definite accusative kapı, plural kaplar)
* cape (sleeveless garment covering the torso, especially as a woman’s dress)

##### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
kap
kaplar
definite accusative
kapı
kapları
dative
kapa
kaplara
locative
kapta
kaplarda
ablative
kaptan
kaplardan
genitive
kapın
kapların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
kapım
kaplarım
2nd singular
kapın
kapların
3rd singular
kapı
kapları
1st plural
kapımız
kaplarımız
2nd plural
kapınız
kaplarınız
3rd plural
kapları
kapları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
kapımı
kaplarımı
2nd singular
kapını
kaplarını
3rd singular
kapını
kaplarını
1st plural
kapımızı
kaplarımızı
2nd plural
kapınızı
kaplarınızı
3rd plural
kaplarını
kaplarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
kapıma
kaplarıma
2nd singular
kapına
kaplarına
3rd singular
kapına
kaplarına
1st plural
kapımıza
kaplarımıza
2nd plural
kapınıza
kaplarınıza
3rd plural
kaplarına
kaplarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
kapımda
kaplarımda
2nd singular
kapında
kaplarında
3rd singular
kapında
kaplarında
1st plural
kapımızda
kaplarımızda
2nd plural
kapınızda
kaplarınızda
3rd plural
kaplarında
kaplarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
kapımdan
kaplarımdan
2nd singular
kapından
kaplarından
3rd singular
kapından
kaplarından
1st plural
kapımızdan
kaplarımızdan
2nd plural
kapınızdan
kaplarınızdan
3rd plural
kaplarından
kaplarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
kapımın
kaplarımın
2nd singular
kapının
kaplarının
3rd singular
kapının
kaplarının
1st plural
kapımızın
kaplarımızın
2nd plural
kapınızın
kaplarınızın
3rd plural
kaplarının
kaplarının :

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

kap
* second-person singular imperative of kapmak

## Volapük
### Noun

kap (nominative plural kaps)
* head

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

## Zou
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kap˧˥/

### Verb

káp
* (transitive) to shoot

#### Derived terms

* ekap

### References

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