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Revision as of 23:33, 31 July 2021
Nynorn
Etymology
- Scottish National Dictionary[N 1]
O.Sc. cap, capp, a wooden dish, a measure of quantity; cap out, denoting the emptying of the bowl in drinking; later forms of cop with usual change of o to a before p (D.O.S.T.); Mid.Eng. coppe, variant of cuppe, corresp. Norw. kopp, O.N. koppr, cup, small vessel. In the Islands, at least, the word has prob. come directly from the Norse, as the bowls themselves were orig. imported from Norway.
See also: Old Norse koppr (ONP)
Shetland use
- An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland (1928–1932)
- Jakobsen, Jakob
†kapp [kap], sb., 1) a hole, hollow. 2) a wooden cup or bowl, esp. of the so-called “Norwa-kaps”, wooden vessel, formerly imported from Norway; L.Sc. cap, caup. See further under kopp, sb.
Pronunciation
IPA:
Alternate Forms
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Noun
- kapp
- cup
Inflection
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Synonyms
(none known)
Sources
- ↑ CAP, CAUP, Capp, Kap, n. in Scottish National Dictionary