kapu
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kapu 
kapu
English
Etymology
From Hawaiian kapu, from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Doublet of taboo.
Noun
kapu (plural kapu or kapus)
- Taboo, especially in Hawaiian contexts.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 43:
- The operation of taboos – or kapu – kept society ordered, quite cruelly on occasion.
Anagrams
'Are'are
Noun
kapu
References
- Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
kapu (colloquial)
- captain (such as a captain of a ship)
Declension
| Inflection of kapu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kapu | kaput | ||
| genitive | kapun | kapujen | ||
| partitive | kapua | kapuja | ||
| illative | kapuun | kapuihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | kapu | kaput | ||
| accusative | nom. | kapu | kaput | |
| gen. | kapun | |||
| genitive | kapun | kapujen | ||
| partitive | kapua | kapuja | ||
| inessive | kapussa | kapuissa | ||
| elative | kapusta | kapuista | ||
| illative | kapuun | kapuihin | ||
| adessive | kapulla | kapuilla | ||
| ablative | kapulta | kapuilta | ||
| allative | kapulle | kapuille | ||
| essive | kapuna | kapuina | ||
| translative | kapuksi | kapuiksi | ||
| abessive | kaputta | kapuitta | ||
| instructive | — | kapuin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Possibly from dialectal Swedish kabb, but compare also kapista and kapula.
Noun
kapu (dialectal)
- (wooden) pin
Anagrams
Hawaiian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Cognate with Maori tapu.
Noun
kapu
- taboo, prohibition
- something sacred or holy, and thus prohibited or forbidden to most
Descendants
- → English: kapu
Verb
kapu
- (stative) to be prohibited; to be consecrated, to be holy
Derived terms
- hoʻokapu: to make something taboo; to consecrate, to make holy
Etymology 2
Noun
kapu
- a tub
Etymology 3
Noun
kapu
- a cap
Derived terms
- pāpale kapu (“cap”, literally “cap hat”)
Hungarian
Etymology
From a Turkic language, compare Old Turkic kapug, Ottoman Turkish قاپو (kapu, “gate”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kapu (plural kapuk)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kapu | kapuk |
| accusative | kaput | kapukat |
| dative | kapunak | kapuknak |
| instrumental | kapuval | kapukkal |
| causal-final | kapuért | kapukért |
| translative | kapuvá | kapukká |
| terminative | kapuig | kapukig |
| essive-formal | kapuként | kapukként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kapuban | kapukban |
| superessive | kapun | kapukon |
| adessive | kapunál | kapuknál |
| illative | kapuba | kapukba |
| sublative | kapura | kapukra |
| allative | kapuhoz | kapukhoz |
| elative | kapuból | kapukból |
| delative | kapuról | kapukról |
| ablative | kaputól | kapuktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
kapué | kapuké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
kapuéi | kapukéi |
| Possessive forms of kapu | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | kapum | kapuim |
| 2nd person sing. | kapud | kapuid |
| 3rd person sing. | kapuja | kapui |
| 1st person plural | kapunk | kapuink |
| 2nd person plural | kaputok | kapuitok |
| 3rd person plural | kapujuk | kapuik |
Derived terms
Compound words
Expressions
Further reading
- kapu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Kari'na
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *kapu; compare Apalaí kapu, Trió kapu, Wayana kapu, Ye'kwana kaju, Waiwai ka', Akawaio ka', Macushi ka', Pemon ka', Yao (South America) capou.
Pronunciation
Noun
kapu (possessed kapuru)
- sky
- heaven, mythological residence of God (tamusi) and certain benevolent spirits in the sky
- clouds collectively
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 291
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “kapu”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 206; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 199
Laboya
Pronunciation
Noun
kapu
References
Latvian
Noun
kapu m
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Noun
kapu
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
kapu (ma class, plural makapu)
- Augmentative of kikapu: large basket
Trió
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *kapu. Compare Ye'kwana kaju, Macushi ka', Panare ka', Wayana kapu, Kari'na kapu.
Noun
kapu
Turkish
Noun
kapu