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kapa.

cover (top sheet of a bed)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈka.pa/[ˈka.pa][ˈka.pa]Łowicz
  1. cover (top sheet of a bed)

    feminine
  2. cope, mantle, mantum (long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass)

    feminine
  3. companionway

    feminine
  4. horse blanket, rug (blanket placed underneath the saddle of a horse)

    feminine
  5. cape (cloth used by a bullfighter to trick the bull)

    feminine
  6. piece of leather used in flails to tie the sledge with the beater

    feminine
  7. small hood

    feminine · Łowicz
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Late Latin cappa. Etymology 1, noun sense 5 is a semantic loan from Spanish capa.

noun/ˈka.pa/[ˈka.pa][ˈka.pa]Łowicz
  1. flop, turkey (failure)

    colloquial · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree German Klappebor. Polish klapaclip. Polish kapa Clipping of klapa.

noun/ˈka.pa/[ˈka.pa][ˈka.pa]Łowicz
  1. lookout (session of watching for an approaching enemy)

    feminine · slang
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Archaic Latin kapiō Latin caperebor. ▲ Italian capireinflu. German kapierenbor. Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₁-der.? Proto-Slavic *-ovati Old Polish -ować Polish -ować Polish kapowaćdeverb. Polish kapa Deverbal from kapować.

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