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 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 (first-person possessive kapasku, second-person possessive kapasmu, third-person possessive kapasnya)

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, 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

Balto-Slavic cognates include Latvian kaps (“grave”), Proto-Slavic *kopa (“heap, shock”).

kapas m

1. grave

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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, informal 1st possessive kapasku, 2nd possessive kapasmu, 3rd possessive kapasnya)

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

• Indonesian: kapas

• “kapas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• “kapas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, 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/ [ˈka.pɐs]
• Rhymes: -apas
• Syllabification: ka‧pas

kapas (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜐ᜔)

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

• malakapas

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