kapre

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German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Verb[edit]

kapre

  1. inflection of kapern:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the noun kaper; compare with German kapern.

Verb[edit]

kapre (imperative kapr or kapre, present tense kaprer, passive kapres, simple past and past participle kapra or kapret, present participle kaprende)

  1. to hijack, capture, seize

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German kapern.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

kapre (present tense kaprar, past tense kapra, past participle kapra, passive infinitive kaprast, present participle kaprande, imperative kapre/kapr)

  1. to hijack

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Tagalog[edit]

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"

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed 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[edit]

Noun[edit]

kapre (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉ᜔ᜇᜒ)

  1. (folklore) ogre or giant believed to smoke cigars and live in old trees, especially balete (banyan) trees

References[edit]

  • kapre”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 78