# kapa
## English
### Noun

kapa (countable and uncountable, plural kapas)
* Alternative form of tapa (“Polynesian cloth”)

### See also

* kapa haka

### Anagrams

* AAKP

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

IPA: /kaˈpaʔ/ [kɐˈpaʔ]

### Adjective

kapa
* (slang, Davao) good-looking, cool
* (slang, Butuan City) to perform a technique or procedure
* drip

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkapa]

### Noun

kapa n or f
* kappa
    Synonym: kappa

#### Declension

when feminine:
Indeclinable when neuter.

### Further reading

* “kapa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “kapa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Finnish
### Etymology

Uncertain. Compared with onomatopoeic kapista on one hand and Germanic words like Old Swedish skaveþorsker on the other.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑpɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝pɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
* Hyphenation: ka‧pa

### Noun

kapa (rare)
* Synonym of kapakala

#### Declension

Possessive forms of kapa (Kotus type 9*E/kala, p-v gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kapani
kapani
accusative
nom.
kapani
kapani
gen.
kapani
genitive
kapani
kapojeni kapaini $^{rare}$
partitive
kapaani
kapojani
inessive
kavassani
kavoissani
elative
kavastani
kavoistani
illative
kapaani
kapoihini
adessive
kavallani
kavoillani
ablative
kavaltani
kavoiltani
allative
kavalleni
kavoilleni
essive
kapanani
kapoinani
translative
kavakseni
kavoikseni
abessive
kavattani
kavoittani
instructive
comitative
—kapoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kapasi
kapasi
accusative
nom.
kapasi
kapasi
gen.
kapasi
genitive
kapasi
kapojesi kapaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
kapaasi
kapojasi
inessive
kavassasi
kavoissasi
elative
kavastasi
kavoistasi
illative
kapaasi
kapoihisi
adessive
kavallasi
kavoillasi
ablative
kavaltasi
kavoiltasi
allative
kavallesi
kavoillesi
essive
kapanasi
kapoinasi
translative
kavaksesi
kavoiksesi
abessive
kavattasi
kavoittasi
instructive
comitative
—kapoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kapamme
kapamme
accusative
nom.
kapamme
kapamme
gen.
kapamme
genitive
kapamme
kapojemme kapaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
kapaamme
kapojamme
inessive
kavassamme
kavoissamme
elative
kavastamme
kavoistamme
illative
kapaamme
kapoihimme
adessive
kavallamme
kavoillamme
ablative
kavaltamme
kavoiltamme
allative
kavallemme
kavoillemme
essive
kapanamme
kapoinamme
translative
kavaksemme
kavoiksemme
abessive
kavattamme
kavoittamme
instructive
comitative
—kapoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kapanne
kapanne
accusative
nom.
kapanne
kapanne
gen.
kapanne
genitive
kapanne
kapojenne kapainne $^{rare}$
partitive
kapaanne
kapojanne
inessive
kavassanne
kavoissanne
elative
kavastanne
kavoistanne
illative
kapaanne
kapoihinne
adessive
kavallanne
kavoillanne
ablative
kavaltanne
kavoiltanne
allative
kavallenne
kavoillenne
essive
kapananne
kapoinanne
translative
kavaksenne
kavoiksenne
abessive
kavattanne
kavoittanne
instructive
comitative
—kapoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kapansa
kapansa
accusative
nom.
kapansa
kapansa
gen.
kapansa
genitive
kapansa
kapojensa kapainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
kapaansa
kapojaan kapojansa
inessive
kavassaan kavassansa
kavoissaan kavoissansa
elative
kavastaan kavastansa
kavoistaan kavoistansa
illative
kapaansa
kapoihinsa
adessive
kavallaan kavallansa
kavoillaan kavoillansa
ablative
kavaltaan kavaltansa
kavoiltaan kavoiltansa
allative
kavalleen kavallensa
kavoilleen kavoillensa
essive
kapanaan kapanansa
kapoinaan kapoinansa
translative
kavakseen kavaksensa
kavoikseen kavoiksensa
abessive
kavattaan kavattansa
kavoittaan kavoittansa
instructive
comitative
—kapoineen kapoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* kapakala
* kapaliha

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tapa. Cognate to Samoan siapo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.pa/, [ˈkɐ.pə]

### Noun

kapa
* rim, edge
* tapa

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Back-formation of kapál.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɒpɒ]
* Hyphenation: ka‧pa
* Rhymes: -pɒ

### Noun

kapa (plural kapák)
* hoe

#### Derived terms

* ásó, kapa, nagyharang
* néha még a kapanyél is elsül

### Further reading

* kapa 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

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kapa. Cognates include Finnish kapa.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈkɑpɑ/, [ˈkɑpɑ]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈkɑpɑ/, [ˈkɑb̥ɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
* Hyphenation: ka‧pa

### Noun

kapa
* dried fish
** 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11:Kapa, kala, kala, kana.Dried fish, fish, fish, hen.

#### Derived terms

* kurvikapa

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 118

## Laboya
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkaːpa]

### Noun

kapa
* wing

### References

* Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “kapa”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 43
* Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “kapa”, in Lamboya word list‎, Leiden: LexiRumah

## Latvian
### Noun

kapa m
* genitive singular of kaps

## Lower Sorbian
### Etymology

From Latin cappa (“cape, sleeveless coat”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkapa/

### Noun

kapa f
* men’s jacket, outer garment

#### Declension
## Maori
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

kapa
* team, group
* row, line

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English copper.

#### Noun

kapa
* copper

### References

* “kapa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## North Moluccan Malay
### Etymology

Contraction of ka (“or”) and apa (“what”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.pa/
* Hyphenation: ka‧pa

### Adverb

kapa
* maybe, possibly, perhaps
    Dorang yang dapa pili kapa.They are the chosen ones perhaps.

## Phuthi
### Etymology 1

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

#### Verb

-kápa
* to chop

##### Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

### Etymology 2
#### Conjunction

kapa
* or

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.pa/
* (Masovia):
** (Near Masovian) IPA: /ˈka.pa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -apa
* Syllabification: ka‧pa
* Homophone: Kapa

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Late Latin cappa. Sense 5 is a semantic loan from Spanish capa.

#### Alternative forms

* kap (Lasovia)

#### Noun

kapa f (diminutive kapka)
* cover (top sheet of a bed)
    Synonym: narzuta
* (Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism) cope, mantle, mantum (long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass)
    Synonym: pluwiał
* (nautical) companionway
    Synonym: zejściówka
* (equestrianism) horse blanket, rug (blanket placed underneath the saddle of a horse)
    Synonyms: derka, kuczma
* (bullfighting) cape (cloth used by a bullfighter to trick the bull)
    Hypernym: płachta
* (Near Masovian) piece of leather used in flails to tie the sledge with the beater

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Deverbal of kapować.

#### Noun

kapa f
* (prison slang) lookout (session of watching for an approaching enemy)
    Synonym: czaty

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Clipping of klapa.

#### Noun

kapa f
* (colloquial) flop, turkey (failure)
    Synonyms: kaplica, klapa

##### Declension
### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

kapa m pers
* genitive/accusative singular of kapo

### Further reading

* kapa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* kapa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* kapa in PWN's encyclopedia
* Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “kapa”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 364

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kâpa/
* Hyphenation: ka‧pa

### Etymology

From Italian cappa. Attested from the 14th century.

### Noun

kȁpa f (Cyrillic spelling ка̏па)
* cap (head covering)

#### Derived terms

* Crvenkapica
* Crvenkapa

## Swahili
### Noun

kapa class ? (plural [please provide])
* (Sheng) thousand shilling
    Synonyms: thao, ngiri

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch kapen.

#### Verb

kapa (present kapar, preterite kapade, supine kapat, imperative kapa)
* to hijack; to seize control over something

##### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

##### Derived terms

* kapa till sig
* kapa åt sig
* kapare
* kaperi
* kapning

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German kappen (“to cut off”).

#### Verb

kapa (present kapar, preterite kapade, supine kapat, imperative kapa)
* to cut, making shorter
    Maskinen kapar automatiskt stockarna i hanterbara längder.The machine automatically cuts the logs into manageable lengths.

##### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

##### Related terms

* avkapa
* kap

### Further reading

* kapa in Svensk ordbok.
* kapa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

## Tausug
### Etymology

From Malay kapak.

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /kapa/ [k̠ɑˈpa]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ka‧pa

### Noun

kapa (Sulat Sūg spelling كَفَ)
* ax, hatchet

#### Derived terms

* kapaha
* kapahan
* kiyakapa
* kiyapa
* kumapa
* magkapa
* nagkapa

## Tok Pisin
### Noun

kapa
* (anatomy) fingernail, toenail

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈpa/
* Hyphenation: ka‧pa

### Verb

kapa
* second-person singular imperative of kapamak

## Venda
### Verb

kapa
* to scoop

## Yami
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 合羽 (kappa, “a raincoat, especially a poncho or other sleeveless style”).

### Noun

kapa
* raincoat