kap

Clipping of English Kapucha.

kap

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bezhta.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Bezhta terms

From Proto-Albanian *kapa, from Proto-Indo-European *kap-.^[1][2] Cognate to (Baltic) Latvian kàmpju, kàmpt; Proto-Celtic *kawnos (Old Irish cúan, Irish cuan, Scottish Gaelic cuan); Proto-Germanic *habnō, Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have, lift”); Proto-Hellenic *kapťō (Ancient Greek κάπτω (káptō)), Proto-Hellenic *kṓpā (Ancient Greek κώπη (kṓpē)); Proto-Italic *kapiō (Latin capiō) and (perhaps) also Old Armenian խափ (xapʻ), Old Armenian խափանեմ (xapʻanem) (perhaps) and Latin capsa.

• (active) kap (aorist kapa, participle kapur)

1. (intransitive) to grab, grip (someone or something)

   Synonyms: rrok, zë

   Kape për flokësh!

   Grab her/him by the hair!

2. (2nd person) (you) catch (an object or feelings)
3. to seize, keep, hold (something, someone); to take or occupy (land, position)

   Synonyms: marr, pushtoj; qep

4. to find, surprise (a person in a situation, act)

   Synonym: gjej

5. (figurative, third person) to possess, overwhelm, scare (by a feeling, illness, demon)
6. to understand, see, hear immediately (a problem, issue, mission, task)

   Synonym: kuptoj

7. to reach (to); meet (someone or something that walks in front)

   Synonyms: arrij; takoj

8. (intransitive, figurative) to start, begin (work, job, path)

   Synonyms: nis, filloj

9. (third person) to tan, warm up (by the sun); to capture (by wind; military service)

   Synonyms: rrah, nxij; përfshij

   (Gheg examples)

   E ka kap dielli.

   The sun had captured her/him. (meaning “He/she's got a sunburn/tan.”)

   E rreh dielli ujët.

   The sun warms up (beats up) the water(s).

10. (third person) to determine, constitute; to reach, cost (a high sum)

    Synonym: kushtoj

11. to tie, bind, braid (hair)

    Synonym: lidh

12. (figurative) to snatch, pull off (hat, wig)

    Synonyms: heq, tërheq, shkul

• active voice

• [3] active verb kap (aorist: kapa, participle: kapur) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
• [4] passive verb kapem / kápem (aorist: u kapa, participle: kapur) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

kap f

1. lid, cover

kap n (singular definite kappet, plural indefinite kap)

1. (geography) cape

kap

1. imperative of kappe

• “kap” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /kɑp/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: kap
• Rhymes: -ɑp

From Middle Dutch cappe, from Late Latin cappa.

kap f (plural kappen, diminutive kapje n)

1. cap
2. cover

• ⇒ Afrikaans: kappie
• Berbice Creole Dutch: kapu
• Negerhollands: kap
• → Indonesian: kap
• → Papiamentu: kap

Deverbal from kappen.

kap m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. stroke; chopping

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kap

1. inflection of kappen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• pak

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish قَابْ (qap), from Proto-Turkic *kāp. Compare Turkish kap, Azerbaijani qab.

• IPA^(key): /kɑp/

kap (definite accusative kabı, plural kaplar)

1. tableware, dishes
2. cover

• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “kap”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 243
• Kopuşçu M. İ., Todorova S. A., Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 91

• IPA^(key): /kap/

kap

1. clipping of kapab

kap

1. contraction of ki +‎ ap
   • 2019 March 19, “Rankont ann Itali ant Anvwaye Espesyal Etazini ak Larisi sou Kriz Venezuela a”, in Lavwadlamerik‎^[5], archived from the original on 28 December 2025:

     Anvwaye espesyal Etazini pou Venezuela, Elliot Abrams, ak vis-minis afè etranjè Larisi, Sergei Ryabkov, ap fè reyinyon nan vil Wòm ann Itali pou yo pale sou sityasyon Venezuela kap agrave.”

     American Special Envoy for Venezuela Elliot Abrams and Russian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Ryabkov are meeting in the city of Rome, Italy to talk about "the situation in Venezuela which is worsening."

kap

1. (geography) cape

• Kap Ayisyen

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[6], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 89

For pronunciation and definitions of kap – see 佮 (“and”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 佮).

Probably an onomatopoeia.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒp]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɒp

kap

1. (transitive) to get, to receive (from someone: -tól/-től; as something: -ul/-ül)
2. (intransitive) to snatch, to grab (expressing a sudden movement) (with -hoz/-hez/-höz, -ba/-be, felé, or után)
3. (transitive, dialectal) to find

(With verbal prefixes):

• kap in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkap̚/
• Hyphenation: kap

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

kap (plural kap-kap)

1. (nautical, archaic) rope

   Synonym: tali

From Dutch kap, from Middle Dutch cappe, from Late Latin cappa.

kap (plural kap-kap)

1. cap
2. cover
3. (automotive) bonnet, cowl, hood (soft top of a convertible car or carriage, the hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle)

• tudung
• tenda

kap (plural kap-kap)

1. clipping of kapital

• “kap”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

kap (construct kapin)

1. buttocks

   Synonym: kahu

2. bottom, end

• koapin

• Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary‎^[7], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 96

From Armenian կապ (kap).

kap m or f

1. rope

• kapik

• Cabolov, R. L. (2001), “kāp”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 514
• Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “kap”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume I, London: Transnational Press, page 376b

• Dankoff, Robert (1995), Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 328, page 75

From Proto-West Germanic *kaup, from Proto-Germanic *kaupaz, from Latin caupo (“tradesman”). Cognates include Old English ċēap and Old Dutch *cōp.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːp/

kāp m

1. purchase

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: kuup

• Saterland Frisian: Koop
• West Frisian: keap

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: kap

See kapa.

kap f

1. (Lasovia) alternative form of kapa (“wife's hat”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kap

1. second-person singular imperative of kapać

• Oskar Kolberg (1865), “kaṕ”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 262

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kap ~ *kaap (“to bite”); cognate with Vietnamese cạp, Bahnar kăp, Pacoh cáp, Khasi jkep, Khmer ត្រកាប់ (trɑkap), Car Nicobarese kap.

kap^[1]

1. to bite

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kapь.

kȃp f (Cyrillic spelling ка̑п)

1. drop
2. stroke (brain hemorrhage)

• kȁpljica
• kaplja

• IPA^(key): /kʰa⁵³/

kap

1. ear

• Audio:

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From Old French cap, from Provençal, ultimately from Latin caput (“head”).

kap n

1. (geography) cape

Deverbal from kapa (“hijack”).

kap n

1. a bargain, a steal, a catch (something (valuable) gotten for a very low price or with very low effort)

   För 1000 kr är den ett kap. Den är värd minst det dubbla.

   It's a steal at 1000 SEK. It's worth at least twice at much.

   Jag är ett riktigt kap

   I'm a real catch

• “kap”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kap”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “kap”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

From English cup.

kap

1. cup

• IPA^(key): /kɑp/

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قاب (kab), from Proto-Turkic *kāp. Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (kap).

kap (definite accusative kabı, plural kaplar)

1. vessel, can, container, holder, pot, case
2. cover (of a vessel etc.)

Borrowed from French cape.

kap (definite accusative kapı, plural kaplar)

1. cape (sleeveless garment covering the torso, especially as a woman’s dress)

kap

1. second-person singular imperative of kapmak

kap (genitive kapa, plural kaps)

1. head

• “kap”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kaap. Cognate with Mizo kâap.

• IPA^(key): [kǎːp]
• Hyphenation: kap

ka̋p (stem II [please provide])

1. (transitive) to shoot

• Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, page 204
• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 81