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Yiddish
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly related to or derived from כּפּרות (kapores), from Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kapporet), or its singular form, כּפּרה (kapore, “scapegoat”). Compare Aramaic כפורא (kapora, “heathen”) and German kapores (“broken, damaged”). Alternatively, from Russian ку́барем (kúbarem, “head over heels”) or кубарём (kubarjóm), although this is less likely.
Adjective
קאַפּויער • (kapoyer)
- opposite, contrary
- upside down, inside out
Declension
Adverb
קאַפּויער • (kapoyer)
- upside down
2016, עדי מהלאל, “פּאָל סײַמאָנס קריטישער הומאָר אין „פֿון פֿרעמדער צו פֿרעמדער‟ [Paul Simon's Critical Humor in "Stranger to Stranger"]”, in Forverts:אַזאַ מין תּחילתדיקע סצענע בעט זיך ממש מע זאָל זי שטעלן קאַפּויער, און טאַקע די פֿרוי ווערט אַ וואָלקעלאַק און דערמאָרדערט איר מאַן מיט אַ סושי-מעסער.- aza min tkhílezdike stsene bet zikh mamesh me zol zi shteln kapoyer, un take di froy vert a volkelak un dermordert ir man mit a sushi-meser.
- Such an opening scene literally begs to be turned upside down, and indeed the woman becomes a werewolf and kills her husband with a sushi knife.
- backwards
2013, ריני גערט-זאַנד, “קינדער-ביכער אויף קאַפּויער [Baby Books Backwards]”, in Forverts:די מחברטע האָט דערקלערט, אַז זי האָט, בעצם, געשאַפֿן אַ „קינדער-בוך אויף קאַפּויער‟.- di mekhaberte hot derklert, az zi hot, betsm, geshafn a "kinder-bukh oyf kapoyer".
- The author explained that she had, in fact, created a "children's book backwards".
Derived terms
References
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “קאַפּויער”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “קאַפּױער” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .