kapas

kapas

1. plural of kapa

• Kaaps, paska

kapas

1. word

kapas

1. to say

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kapas.

kapas

1. cotton

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kapas. Compare Cebuano gapas & Malay kapas.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkapas/ [ˈkɐ.pas]
• Hyphenation: ka‧pas

kapas

1. cotton

From Malay kapas (“cotton”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.pas/

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kapas (plural kapas-kapas)

1. cotton, Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber
2. cotton fiber, used as a source of cotton fabric
3. content of cotton fruit, contain cotton fiber

In Indonesia, cotton in sense of fabric called katun, while cotton in sense of plant and fiber called kapas.

• “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

kapas

1. romanization of ꦏꦥꦱ꧀

Nominalization of kàpti or kapóti (“to chop”), alternatively kõpti (“to heap and bury”). Balto-Slavic cognates include Latvian kaps (“grave”), Proto-Slavic *kopa (“heap, shock”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkǎː.pɐs/

kãpas m stress pattern 4

1. grave
2. tomb
3. (in the plural) cemetery

• Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “kãpas, kàpti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 459 and 461

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kapas.

kapas

1. cotton

Several etymologies have been proposed:

• From Pali kappāsa (“cotton”), from Sanskrit कर्पास (karpāsa, “cotton”), from a Pre-Indo-Aryan substrate. Compare Burushaski [script needed] (γupas).
• From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kapas (“cotton, thread”), from East Austroasiatic, whence Proto-Mon-Khmer *kpaas (“cotton”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.pas/

kapas (Jawi spelling کاڤس, plural kapas-kapas)

1. cotton (plant)
2. cotton (fibre)

• Indonesian: kapas

• “kapas”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (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

kapas

1. passive infinitive of kapa
2. present passive of kapa

• skapa

Possibly from Malay kapas, ultimately from Sanskrit कर्पास (karpāsa, “cotton”). Compare Hindi कपास (kapās).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkapas/ [ˈkaː.pɐs]
• Rhymes: -apas
• Syllabification: ka‧pas

kapas (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜐ᜔)

1. (botany) upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)
2. (zoology) a type of bony fish

• malakapas

Borrowed from Spanish capaz, from Latin capācem (“capable, able”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈpas/ [kɐˈpas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: ka‧pas

kapás (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜐ᜔)

1. capable

   Synonym: kaya

• “kapas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• sapak, paksa