kope

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoːpə/

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kope

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of kopen

From English coffee, from Dutch koffie (“coffee”), from Italian caffè (“coffee”), from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve, “coffee”), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee, a brew”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.pe/

kope

1. coffee

Inherited from Proto-Samic *kopē.

kope

1. trench, pit

• kope in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022), Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje‎^[1], Tromsø: UiT

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *kope (compare with Hawaiian ʻope)^[1] maybe related to Rarotongan ʻopa and ʻopaʻopa, Māori kopa “to bend, to fold” ~ whakakopa “to wrap” and kōpaki “ibid.” (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkope/ [ˈkɔpɛ]

kope

1. to wrap something in leaves etc

   Synonyms: ruruku, whakakopa

kope

1. anything that wraps
2. any kind of absorbent, sanitary pad
   1. certain types of moss traditionally used as pads or diapers

• kopa
• whakakopa
• kōpaki

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “kope”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 160
• “kope” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

• IPA^(key): /kɔpe/, [ˈkɔpe]
• Rhymes: -ɔpe
• Hyphenation: ko‧pe

kope

1. third-person singular present indicative of kopať

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kope

1. plural of ukope

kope class IX (plural kope class X)

1. wick (the porous cord that draws up liquid fuel for burning)