kapu

From Hawaiian kapu, from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Doublet of taboo.

kapu (plural kapu or kapus)

1. 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.

• Kaup, puka

kapu

1. cup

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑpu/, [ˈkɑ̝pu]
• Rhymes: -ɑpu
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧pu
• Hyphenation^(key): ka‧pu

Clipping of kapteeni +‎ -u.

kapu (colloquial)

1. captain (such as a captain of a ship)

• kapteeni

Possibly from dialectal Swedish kabb, but compare also kapista and kapula.

kapu (dialectal, Tavastia, Ostrobothnia, Kymenlaakso, Central Finland)

1. (wooden) pin

• paku

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish قَاپُو (qapu), from Proto-Turkic *kap-ïg, a Proto-Turkic *kap-. The irregular preservation of the final /u/ is unexplained. By surface analysis, kapa- +‎ -u. Compare Turkish kapı, Azerbaijani qapı.

• IPA^(key): /kɑˈpu/
• Hyphenation: ka‧pu

kapu (definite accusative kapuyu, plural kapular)

1. door, gate

   aç kapuyu!

   open the door

• Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 46
• 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 92

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

kapu

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

• → English: kapu

kapu

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

• hoʻokapu: to make something taboo; to consecrate, to make holy

• kapuahi (“fireplace”)

Borrowing from English tub.

kapu

1. a tub

• kapu ʻauʻau (“bathtub”)

Borrowing from English cap.

kapu

1. a cap

• pāpale kapu (“cap”, literally “cap hat”)

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒpu]

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• Hyphenation: ka‧pu
• Rhymes: -pu

kapu (plural kapuk)

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

• kapu in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

kapu

1. Rōmaji transcription of カプ

From Proto-Cariban *kapu; compare Apalaí kapu, Trió kapu, Wayana kapu, Ye'kwana kaju, Waiwai ka', Akawaio ka', Macushi ka', Pemon ka', Yao (South America) capou.

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key): [kaːpu]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [kaʔpu]

kapu (possessed kapuru)

1. sky
2. heaven, mythological residence of God (tamusi) and certain benevolent spirits in the sky
3. clouds collectively

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 291
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “kapu”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 206; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[3], Paris, 1956, page 199

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaːpu]

kapu

1. lime

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019), “kapu”, in Lamboya word list‎^[4], Leiden: LexiRumah

kapu m

1. inflection of kaps:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular
   2. genitive plural
2. genitive plural of kapi

• IPA^(key): /kɐˈpʊ/

kapù

1. instrumental singular of kapas

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.pu/
• Rhymes: -apu
• Syllabification: ka‧pu

kapu

1. accusative/instrumental singular of kapa

From Proto-Oceanic *kabu (“cup, ladle” – compare with Tahitian ʻapu “cavity, shell [of gourds etc.]”, Samoan ʻapu and Tongan kapu “receptacle from rolled up leaf”)^[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kabuq (“ladle, dipper” – compare with Cebuano kabo).^[2][3]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkapu/ [ˈkɐpʉ]

kapu

1. scoop, ladle

   Synonyms: koko, tīkoko

2. palm of one's hand
3. instep of one's foot

kapu

1. to ladle, to scoop up

   Synonyms: koko, tīkoko

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “kapu”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 114
• “kapu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

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kapu class V (plural makapu class VI)

1. augmentative of kikapu: large basket

From Proto-Cariban *kapu. Compare Ye'kwana kaju, Macushi ka', Panare ka', Wayana kapu, Kari'na kapu.

kapu

1. sky

kapu

1. archaic form of kapı