kapuwa
Sranan Tongo
Alternative forms
- kapoewa (superseded)
Etymology
Borrowed from Kari'na kapiwa[1] and/or Lokono kapoa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kapuwa/, [ka̠puwa̠], [kɑ̟puwɑ̟]
Noun
kapuwa
Descendants
References
- ^ J. van Donselaar (2013), Nicoline van der Sijs, editor, Woordenboek van het Nederlands in Suriname van 1667 tot 1876 [Dictionary of the Dutch Language in Suriname from 1667 to 1876], Amsterdam; The Hague: Meertens Instituut/Nederlandse Taalunie, →ISBN, page 106
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- capoua, capova — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
- kapowa, kapua — obsolete
- kapwa — common
Etymology
Unknown. Compare Central Bikol kapwa. See also Kapampangan kaddua, Hokkien 佮我 (kap góa, “with me”), Malay puak (“group; tribe; faction”), and Khmer ពួក (puək).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌkapuˈaʔ/ [ˈkaː.pwɐʔ]
- Rhymes: -aʔ
- Syllabification: ka‧pu‧wa
Noun
kápuwâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜓᜏ)
- fellow being; of the same affinity; equal; neighbor; other; brethren; kin
- Tumulong tayo sa ating kapuwa.
- Let us help our fellows.
Derived terms
- kapuwa-bata
- kapuwa-tao
- makipagkapuwa
- mapagkapuwa
- pakikipagkapuwa-tao
See also
Adjective
kápuwâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜓᜏ)
- kindred; both; equal (applied to one of a pair)
- Synonym: pareho
- Sila'y kapuwa magnanakaw.
- They're both fellow robbers.
Further reading
- “kapuwa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
- “kapuwa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.[2] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.[3] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
- page 51: “Ambos) Capova [(pc)] ad ver.)”
- page 293: “Entrambos) Capova [(pc)] adver”
- page 362: “Igual) Capova [(pc)] haçiendo comparaçion igualando”
- Zorc, David Paul (1981), Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 78