kapu
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)
- Taboo, especially in Hawaiian contexts.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 43:
- The operation of taboos – or kapu – kept society ordered, quite cruelly on occasion.
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'Are'are
References
- Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑpu/, [ˈkɑpu]
- Rhymes: -ɑpu
- Syllabification(key): ka‧pu
Declension
| Inflection of kapu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kapu | kaput | ||
| genitive | kapun | kapujen | ||
| partitive | kapua | kapuja | ||
| illative | kapuun | kapuihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | kapu | kaput | ||
| accusative | nom. | kapu | kaput | |
| gen. | kapun | |||
| genitive | kapun | kapujen | ||
| partitive | kapua | kapuja | ||
| inessive | kapussa | kapuissa | ||
| elative | kapusta | kapuista | ||
| illative | kapuun | kapuihin | ||
| adessive | kapulla | kapuilla | ||
| ablative | kapulta | kapuilta | ||
| allative | kapulle | kapuille | ||
| essive | kapuna | kapuina | ||
| translative | kapuksi | kapuiksi | ||
| instructive | — | kapuin | ||
| abessive | kaputta | kapuitta | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Synonyms
Anagrams
Hawaiian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Cognate with Maori tapu.
Descendants
- → English: kapu
Derived terms
- hoʻokapu: to make something taboo; to consecrate, to make holy
Derived terms
- pāpale kapu (“cap”, literally “cap hat”)
Hungarian
kapu
Etymology
From a Turkic language, compare Old Turkic kapug, Ottoman Turkish قاپو (kapu, “gate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɒpu]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ka‧pu
- Rhymes: -pu
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kapu | kapuk |
| accusative | kaput | kapukat |
| dative | kapunak | kapuknak |
| instrumental | kapuval | kapukkal |
| causal-final | kapuért | kapukért |
| translative | kapuvá | kapukká |
| terminative | kapuig | kapukig |
| essive-formal | kapuként | kapukként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kapuban | kapukban |
| superessive | kapun | kapukon |
| adessive | kapunál | kapuknál |
| illative | kapuba | kapukba |
| sublative | kapura | kapukra |
| allative | kapuhoz | kapukhoz |
| elative | kapuból | kapukból |
| delative | kapuról | kapukról |
| ablative | kaputól | kapuktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
kapué | kapuké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
kapuéi | kapukéi |
| Possessive forms of kapu | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | kapum | kapuim |
| 2nd person sing. | kapud | kapuid |
| 3rd person sing. | kapuja | kapui |
| 1st person plural | kapunk | kapuink |
| 2nd person plural | kaputok | kapuitok |
| 3rd person plural | kapujuk | kapuik |
Further reading
- kapu 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
Laboya
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkaːpu]
References
- Allahverdi Verdizade (2019), “kapu”, in Lamboya word list, Leiden: LexiRumah
Latvian
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Turkish
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