kapre
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
kapre
- inflection of kapern:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the noun kaper; compare with German kapern.
Verb
kapre (imperative kapr or kapre, present tense kaprer, passive kapres, simple past and past participle kapra or kapret, present participle kaprende)
- to hijack, capture, seize
References
- “kapre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- kapra
Etymology
From Middle Low German kapern.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²kɑː.prə/
Verb
kapre (present tense kaprar, past tense kapra, past participle kapra, passive infinitive kaprast, present participle kaprande, imperative kapre/kapr)
- to hijack
References
- “kapre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- kaper, karpe
Tagalog
Etymology
Detail of Carta Hydrographica y Chorographica de la Yslas Filipinas (1734) by Pedro Murillo Velarde showing the slaves brought from East Africa, usually by the Portuguese, sold in Manila as "Cafres"
From Spanish cafre, from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”), originally referring to the East African slaves brought by the Portuguese and sold in Manila as "Cafres".
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: kap‧re
- IPA(key): /ˈkapɾe/, [ˈkap.ɾe]
Noun
kapre
- (folklore) ogre or giant believed to smoke cigars and live in old trees, especially balete (banyan) trees
References
- “kapre”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 78