kafa

See also: káfa and kâfa

Hausa

Alternative forms
  • کَفَا‎ (Ajami)

Noun

kafā f (plural kafōfī, possessed form kafar̃)

  1. small hole, opening
  2. means of escape, loophole

Verb

kafā̀ (grade 1)

  1. to erect, to put up
  2. To stick something into
  3. to form, to establish
  4. to proclaim, to issue a law

Icelandic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷabʰ-. Cognate with Ancient Greek βάπτω (báptō).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰaːva/
  • Rhymes: -aːva

Verb

kafa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kafaði, supine kafað)

  1. to dive, to go so deep underwater that one can't be seen
    Hann kafaði 20 metra undir yfirborðið.
    He dived 20 meters under the surface.

Conjugation
kafa — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að kafa
supine
(sagnbót)		 kafað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 kafandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég kafa við köfum present
(nútíð)		 ég kafi við köfum
þú kafar þið kafið þú kafir þið kafið
hann, hún, það kafar þeir, þær, þau kafa hann, hún, það kafi þeir, þær, þau kafi
past
(þátíð)		 ég kafaði við köfuðum past
(þátíð)		 ég kafaði við köfuðum
þú kafaðir þið köfuðuð þú kafaðir þið köfuðuð
hann, hún, það kafaði þeir, þær, þau köfuðu hann, hún, það kafaði þeir, þær, þau köfuðu
imperative
(boðháttur)		 kafa (þú) kafið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
kafaðu kafiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • fara í kaf
  • kaf
  • kafaldi
    kafarabúningur

See also
  • kafagras

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه‎ (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة‎ (qahwa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kǎfa/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧fa

Noun

kàfa f (Cyrillic spelling ка̀фа)

  1. coffee

Declension
Declension of kafa
singular plural
nominative kafa kafe
genitive kafe kafa
dative kafi kafama
accusative kafu kafe
vocative kafo kafe
locative kafi kafama
instrumental kafom kafama

Synonyms

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from Arabic قَفَاء‎ (qafāʾ).

Noun

kafa (definite accusative kafayı, plural kafalar)

  1. head

Declension
Inflection
Nominative kafa
Definite accusative kafayı
Singular Plural
Nominative kafa kafalar
Definite accusative kafayı kafaları
Dative kafaya kafalara
Locative kafada kafalarda
Ablative kafadan kafalardan
Genitive kafanın kafaların
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