kap
“kap” is an Albanian word. Its 14 meanings in English:
verb
- kap (aorist kapa, participle kapur)
- to grab, grip (someone or something)
- (you) catch (an object or feelings)
- to seize, keep, hold (something, someone); to take or occupy (land, position)
- to find, surprise (a person in a situation, act)
- to possess, overwhelm, scare (by a feeling, illness, demon)
- to understand, see, hear immediately (a problem, issue, mission, task)
- to reach (to); meet (someone or something that walks in front)
- to start, begin (work, job, path)
- to tan, warm up (by the sun); to capture (by wind; military service)
- to determine, constitute; to reach, cost (a high sum)
- to tie, bind, braid (hair)
- to snatch, pull off (hat, wig)
noun
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *kapa, from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. 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 *kapt͏̌ō (Ancient Greek κάπτω (káptō)), Proto-Hellenic *kṓpā (Ancient Greek κώπη (kṓpē)); Proto-Italic *kapiō (Latin capiō) and (perhaps) also…
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