kopa

Borrowed from Spanish copa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkopa/ [ˈko.pa]
• Hyphenation: ko‧pa

kópa (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜉ)

1. wine glass; winecup
2. ice cream cone

   Synonym: apa

From Chinook [Term?].

kopa

1. to; at
2. in
3. with
4. of

• George Gibbs, A Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon

• (heap, pile): kůpa (dated, dialectal)

Inherited from Old Czech kopa, from Proto-Slavic *kopa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkopa]
• Hyphenation: ko‧pa
• Rhymes: -opa

kopa f (diminutive kopka)

1. heap, pile
2. (archaic) sixty, threescore

• tucet
• mandel
• kopec
• hromada

• “kopa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kopa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kopa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.pa/, [ˈko.pə]

kopa

1. soap
2. The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.

kopa f (4th declension)

1. group
2. cluster
3. set
4. assemblage
5. multitude

• rindkopa

kopa

1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of kopt

kopa

1. slogan
2. supposition; assumption; hypothesis

Nominal formation from kõpti (“to take honey out of a beehive, pile, bury”).^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): [koːˈpɐ]

kopà f (plural kõpos) stress pattern 2

1. dune (a ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkopa/ [ˈkɔpɐ]

From Proto-Polynesian *kopa (“hollow, corner”). Cognate Tahitian ʻopa (“corner”).

kopa

1. space in front of a house
2. floor space and corner on the left on entering a wharenui – normally the place where the local people of the marae sit or sleep

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

kopa

1. to fly away
2. to pass by, to disappear

• kopakopa

Maybe related to Rarotongan ʻopa and ʻopaʻopa, and Māori kōpaki “fold”. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

kopa

1. bent, folded

kopa

1. bend, fold
2. any flappable item e.g. wallets, satchels

kopa

1. to be bent or folded

• kōpaki

From Proto-Polynesian *kopa (“weak, lame”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kemba (“to be weak”), likely influenced by homonym with sense of "bent" in Etymology 3. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

kopa

1. crippled, lame

kopa

1. cripple, disability

kopa

1. to be crippled, lame

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “kopa”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 158
• “kopa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

• kópa

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kopa.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈkopa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈkopa/

kopa f

1. heap, pile
2. sixty, threescore
3. burden

• Czech: kopa

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “kopa”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.pa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔpa
• Syllabification: ko‧pa

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kopa.

kopa f

1. mound (artificial hill)
2. (archaic) sixty; threescore
3. (Kuyavia) one unit or piece of linen

   Coordinate term: mendel

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kopa m inan

1. genitive/accusative singular of kop

• kopa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kopa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From English copper.

kópa class 9

1. copper (metal)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kopa.

• IPA^(key): /kɔpa/, [ˈkɔpa]
• Rhymes: -ɔpa
• Hyphenation: ko‧pa

kopa f (diminutive kôpka)

1. heap

• “kopa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

kopa

1. to ask

• Audio (Kenya):

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Borrowed from Portuguese copa.^[1][2]

kopa class V (plural makopa class VI)

1. (card games) heart (card of a "hearts" suit)

   Synonym: moyo

Suits in Swahili · ng'anda (see also: karata, karata za kucheza) (layout · text)
makopa	uru	shupaza, majembe	pao, pau, karanga, mavi ya mbuzi

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kópa.

-kopa (infinitive kukopa)

1. to borrow
2. to swindle (to defraud someone)

Conjugation of -kopa
Positive present -nakopa Subjunctive -kope Negative -kopi Imperative singular kopa
Infinitives
Positive kukopa Negative kutokopa
Imperatives
Singular kopa Plural kopeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukopa Positive past positive subject concord + -likopa Negative past negative subject concord + -kukopa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakopa) Singular Plural 1st person ninakopa/nakopa tunakopa 2nd person unakopa mnakopa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakopa wanakopa other classes positive subject concord + -nakopa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kopi) Singular Plural 1st person sikopi hatukopi 2nd person hukopi hamkopi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakopi hawakopi other classes negative subject concord + -kopi
Positive future positive subject concord + -takopa Negative future negative subject concord + -takopa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kope) Singular Plural 1st person nikope tukope 2nd person ukope mkope 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akope wakope other classes positive subject concord + -kope
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikope Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekopa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekopa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikopa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikopa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akopa) Singular Plural 1st person nakopa twakopa 2nd person wakopa mwakopa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akopa wakopa m-mi(III/IV) wakopa yakopa ji-ma(V/VI) lakopa yakopa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakopa vyakopa n(IX/X) yakopa zakopa u(XI) wakopa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakopa pa(XVI) pakopa mu(XVIII) mwakopa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekopa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakopa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakopa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikopa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokopa Consecutive kakopa / positive subject concord + -kakopa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakope
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikopa -tukopa 2nd person -kukopa -wakopa/-kukopeni/-wakopeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkopa -wakopa m-mi(III/IV) -ukopa -ikopa ji-ma(V/VI) -likopa -yakopa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikopa -vikopa n(IX/X) -ikopa -zikopa u(XI) -ukopa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukopa pa(XVI) -pakopa mu(XVIII) -mukopa Reflexive -jikopa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kopa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kopaye -kopao m-mi(III/IV) -kopao -kopayo ji-ma(V/VI) -kopalo -kopayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kopacho -kopavyo n(IX/X) -kopayo -kopazo u(XI) -kopao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopako pa(XVI) -kopapo mu(XVIII) -kopamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kopa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekopa -okopa m-mi(III/IV) -okopa -yokopa ji-ma(V/VI) -lokopa -yokopa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokopa -vyokopa n(IX/X) -yokopa -zokopa u(XI) -okopa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokopa pa(XVI) -pokopa mu(XVIII) -mokopa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -kopesha (“to lend”)
  • Reciprocal: -kopana

• Nominal derivations:
  • mkopaji (“borrower”)
  • mkopo (“loan, credit”)
  • ukopaji (“borrowing”)