kapas
English
Noun
kapasCategory:English non-lemma forms#KAPASCategory:English noun forms#KAPASCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#KAPASCategory:Pages with entries#KAPASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#KAPAS
Anagrams
Chuukese
Noun
kapasCategory:Chuukese lemmas#KAPASCategory:Chuukese nouns#KAPASCategory:Chuukese entries with incorrect language header#KAPASCategory:Pages with entries#KAPASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#KAPAS
Verb
kapasCategory:Chuukese lemmas#KAPASCategory:Chuukese verbs#KAPASCategory:Chuukese entries with incorrect language header#KAPASCategory:Pages with entries#KAPASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#KAPAS
- to say
See also
Dupaningan Agta
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Dupaningan Agta terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#KAPASCategory:Dupaningan Agta terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#KAPAS *kapas.
Noun
kapasCategory:Dupaningan Agta lemmas#KAPASCategory:Dupaningan Agta nouns#KAPASCategory:Dupaningan Agta entries with incorrect language header#KAPASCategory:Pages with entries#KAPASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#KAPAS
Ilocano
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Ilocano terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#KAPASCategory:Ilocano terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#KAPAS *kapas. Compare Cebuano gapas & Malay kapas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkapas/ [ˈkɐ.pas]Category:Ilocano terms with IPA pronunciation#KAPAS
- Hyphenation: ka‧pas
Noun
kapasCategory:Ilocano lemmas#KAPASCategory:Ilocano nouns#KAPASCategory:Ilocano terms without Kur-itan script#KAPASCategory:Ilocano entries with incorrect language header#KAPASCategory:Pages with entries#KAPASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#KAPAS
Indonesian
Etymology
From MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#KAPASCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#KAPAS kapas (“cotton”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kapas (plural kapas-kapas)Category:Indonesian lemmas#KAPASCategory:Indonesian nouns#KAPASCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#KAPASCategory:Pages with entries#KAPASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#KAPAS
- cotton, Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber
- cotton fiber, used as a source of cotton fabric
- content of cotton fruit, contain cotton fiber
Usage notes
In Indonesia, cotton in sense of fabric called katun, while cotton in sense of plant and fiber called kapas.
Further reading
- “kapas”, 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
Javanese
Romanization
kapasCategory:Javanese non-lemma forms#KAPASCategory:Javanese romanizations#KAPASCategory:Javanese terms with redundant script codes#KAPASCategory:Javanese entries with incorrect language header#KAPASCategory:Pages with entries#KAPASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#KAPAS
- romanization of ꦏꦥꦱ꧀
Lithuanian
Etymology
Nominalization of kàptiCategory:Lithuanian nominalizations#KAPAS or kapóti (“to chop”), alternatively kõpti (“to heap and bury”). Balto-Slavic cognates include Latvian kaps (“grave”), Proto-Slavic *kopa (“heap, shock”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kãpas mCategory:Lithuanian lemmas#KAPASCategory:Lithuanian nouns#KAPASCategory:Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header#KAPASCategory:Lithuanian masculine nouns#KAPASCategory:Pages with entries#KAPASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#KAPAS stress pattern 4
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | kãpas | kapai̇̃ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | kãpo | kapų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | kãpui | kapáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | kãpą | kapùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | kapù | kapai̇̃s |
| locative (vietininkas) | kapè | kapuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | kãpe | kapai̇̃ |
References
- Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “kãpas, kàpti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, pages 459 and 461
Lubuagan Kalinga
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Lubuagan Kalinga terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#KAPASCategory:Lubuagan Kalinga terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#KAPAS *kapas.
Noun
kapasCategory:Lubuagan Kalinga lemmas#KAPASCategory:Lubuagan Kalinga nouns#KAPASCategory:Lubuagan Kalinga entries with incorrect language header#KAPASCategory:Pages with entries#KAPASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#KAPAS
Malay
Etymology
Several etymologies have been proposed:
- From PaliCategory:Malay terms derived from Pali#KAPAS kappāsa (“cotton”), from SanskritCategory:Malay terms derived from Sanskrit#KAPAS कर्पास (karpāsa, “cotton”), from a Pre-Indo-Aryan substrate. Compare Burushaski [script needed]Category:Requests for native script for Burushaski terms#KAPAS (γupas).
- From Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#KAPASCategory:Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#KAPAS *kapas (“cotton, thread”), from East AustroasiaticCategory:Malay terms derived from Austroasiatic languages#KAPAS, whence Proto-Mon-Khmer *kpaas (“cotton”).
Although the word might also have been a wanderword originating from either an Austronesian or Austroasiatic language.
Pronunciation
Noun
kapas (Jawi spelling کاڤس, plural kapas-kapas or kapas2)Category:Malay lemmas#KAPASCategory:Malay nouns#KAPASCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#KAPASCategory:Pages with entries#KAPASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#KAPAS
Descendants
- Indonesian: kapas
Further reading
- "kapas" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
- “kapas”, 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
Swedish
Verb
kapasCategory:Swedish non-lemma forms#KAPASCategory:Swedish verb forms#KAPASCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#KAPASCategory:Pages with entries#KAPASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#KAPAS
Anagrams
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Possibly from MalayCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Malay#KAPAS kapas, ultimately from SanskritCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Sanskrit#KAPAS कर्पास (karpāsa, “cotton”). Compare Hindi कपास (kapās).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkapas/ [ˈkaː.pɐs]Category:Tagalog 2-syllable words#KAPASCategory:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#KAPAS
- Rhymes: -apasCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/apas#KAPASCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/apas/2 syllables#KAPAS
- Syllabification: ka‧pasCategory:Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation#KAPAS
Noun
kapas (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜐ᜔)Category:Tagalog lemmas#KAPASCategory:Tagalog nouns#KAPASCategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#KAPASCategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#KAPASCategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#KAPASCategory:Pages with entries#KAPASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#KAPAS
- (botanyCategory:tl:Plants#KAPAS) upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)
- (zoologyCategory:tl:Fish#KAPAS) a type of bony fish
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish#KAPASCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Spanish#KAPAS capaz, from LatinCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Latin#KAPAS capācem (“capable, able”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kaˈpas/ [kɐˈpas]Category:Tagalog 2-syllable words#KAPASCategory:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#KAPAS
- Rhymes: -asCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/as#KAPASCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/as/2 syllables#KAPAS
- Syllabification: ka‧pasCategory:Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation#KAPAS
Adjective
kapás (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜐ᜔)Category:Tagalog lemmas#KAPASCategory:Tagalog adjectives#KAPASCategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#KAPASCategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#KAPASCategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#KAPASCategory:Pages with entries#KAPASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#KAPAS
Further reading
- “kapas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018