κάπως

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Greek

Etymology

Univerbation of an unattested Byzantine Greek *κάν πως (*kán pōs). The *κάν (*kán) is identical to καν (kan, even), and the πως (pōs) is identical to πως (pos) and used in the sense of the Ancient Greek phrase ἐάν πως (eán pōs).[1]

Pronunciation

Adverb

κάπως (kápos)

  1. somewhat, kind of, a bit
  2. somehow, in some way

References

  1. ^ κάπως, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language