kapo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Kapo, see there for further etymology. Doublet of corporal and capo.
Pronunciation
Noun
kapo (plural kapos)
- (historical) A prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was given food and privileges in return for supervising other prisoners doing forced labor.
Translations
Anagrams
Basque
Etymology
From Italian capo (“head, chief”), probably via Spanish capo.
Pronunciation
Noun
kapo anim
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | kapo | kapoa | kapoak |
| ergative | kapok | kapoak | kapoek |
| dative | kapori | kapoari | kapoei |
| genitive | kaporen | kapoaren | kapoen |
| comitative | kaporekin | kapoarekin | kapoekin |
| causative | kaporengatik | kapoarengatik | kapoengatik |
| benefactive | kaporentzat | kapoarentzat | kapoentzat |
| instrumental | kapoz | kapoaz | kapoez |
| inessive | kaporengan | kapoarengan | kapoengan |
| locative | — | — | — |
| allative | kaporengana | kapoarengana | kapoengana |
| terminative | kaporenganaino | kapoarenganaino | kapoenganaino |
| directive | kaporenganantz | kapoarenganantz | kapoenganantz |
| destinative | kaporenganako | kapoarenganako | kapoenganako |
| ablative | kaporengandik | kapoarengandik | kapoengandik |
| partitive | kaporik | — | — |
| prolative | kapotzat | — | — |
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin capus (“head”). Doublet of ĉapitro.
Noun
kapo (accusative singular kapon, plural kapoj, accusative plural kapojn)
Derived terms
- skeletkapo (“skull”)
Etymology 2
| Κκ | Previous: | joto |
|---|---|---|
| Next: | lambdo |
From Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa, “the letter Κ”).
Noun
kapo (accusative singular kapon, plural kapoj, accusative plural kapojn)
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
kapo
Declension
| Inflection of kapo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kapo | kapot | ||
| genitive | kapon | kapojen | ||
| partitive | kapoa | kapoja | ||
| illative | kapoon | kapoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | kapo | kapot | ||
| accusative | nom. | kapo | kapot | |
| gen. | kapon | |||
| genitive | kapon | kapojen | ||
| partitive | kapoa | kapoja | ||
| inessive | kapossa | kapoissa | ||
| elative | kaposta | kapoista | ||
| illative | kapoon | kapoihin | ||
| adessive | kapolla | kapoilla | ||
| ablative | kapolta | kapoilta | ||
| allative | kapolle | kapoille | ||
| essive | kapona | kapoina | ||
| translative | kapoksi | kapoiksi | ||
| abessive | kapotta | kapoitta | ||
| instructive | — | kapoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from German Kapo, from Italian capo.
Pronunciation
Noun
kapo m (plural kapos)
Further reading
- “kapo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Ido
Noun
kapo (plural kapi)
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Kapo, from Italian capo, from Vulgar Latin *capum, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic *kaput, from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput-.
Noun
kapo m pers (indeclinable) or kapo f (indeclinable)
- (historical, Nazism) kapo (male or female)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
kapo