Dictionary:kapp

Nynorn

Etymology

Scottish National Dictionary

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.

kopp [kɔp], sb., 1) a somewhat precipitous hollow, roundish depression in the landscape. Ai. (Fogrigert). Often found as a place-name: de Kopp, de Kopps. Holokopp [hɔl··okɔp·] (Norwick, Uⁿ.): *holu-koppr; de Kukopp [kūkɔp] (de Biggins, Papa St.): *kú-koppr, and “Koppena kør [kɔp··əna· kø̄r]” (Nm^w., near the lake of “Kørwater”): *kýr-kopparnir — small dales, haunts of the cows, de Koppadelds (Semblister, St.): *kopp(a)-deildir. Koppifell [kɔp··ɩfel·] (Ai.), a hill, the one side of which is concave: *kopp-fell. de Koppahwæis [kɔp··ahwäis·] (Sulem, Nm.): *kopp(a)-kvíar (see kwi, sb.). de Koppa-“rigs” (Tangwick, Esh., Nm^w., Huster, Ai.); rig (L.Sc.) = cultivated patch (older Shetl. teg, deld). — Sometimes kopp (in place-names) denotes a roundish elevation, e.g. de Smokopps [smōkɔps, -kops] (), some small, round hills with level top; cf. O.N. “smákoppr” in a contrary sense small vessel; small hollow. 2) in a water-mill: one of the (two or three) holes, bored in the iron plate fixed to the groundsill, and in which the pivot of the axle turns; see grundking, sb. In sense 2 now often a) with the pronunc.: [kȯp], like Eng. “cup”, and b) in the form kapp, “cap” [kap], after L.Sc. cap, sb., a wooden bowl. 3) stern of a boat or ship? In this sense a form “kupp” is given in Edm. Not further confirmed. — kapp is commonly used in Shetl., partly in sense of wooden bowl, a Norwa-k., a wooden bowl made in Norway (and imported from there), partly (esp. in S.Sh.) in sense of boat's scoop, = ouskerri, but in contrast to the latter, mostly used as a sea-term, tabu-name; see *kupa, sb. Also in place-names the form kapp has sometimes replaced kopp; e.g. de Rossikapps [rȯᶊ··ɩkaps·] (Fitful, Du.), depressions in the ground, pastures for horses: *hrossa-koppar. — O.N. koppr, m., a) a cup, small vessel; b) a cup-shaped hollow; c) semi-spherical elevation. — It may be doubtful, in several cases, whether in Shetlandic place-names there is any evidence of an original “koppr” or *kop-, *kopa (No. kōp and kopa, small hollow), or a *kúpa (No. kupa, f., a bowl, something cup-shaped), esp. where the pronunc. is [kop] with close o. Examples: Bergkop(p) or -kup [bæ‘rkop] (Brough, Wh.), hollow in a rock; de Koppek or Kupek [kopək] o’ de Wart (Scousburgh, Du.), hollow in a mountain-side. Kop(p)a [kɔpa] (L.), an over-hanging rock, concave at the foot, may be an original *kopa. See *kupa, kupi, sbs.

Pronunciation

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Alternate Forms

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Noun

kapp

1. cup

Inflection

• Mainland Nynorn

nm.s.1	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kapp	kappen	kappar	kapparne
Accusative	kapp	kappen	kappa	kappana
Dative	kappi	kappenon	kappon	kapponon
Genitive	kapps	kappsens	kappa	kappana

• West Nynorn

nm.s.1	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kapp	kappin	kappar	kapparne
Accusative	kapp	kappin	kappa	kappana
Dative	kappe	kappinon	kappon	kapponon
Genitive	kapps	kappsins	kappa	kappana

• Orkney Nynorn

nm.s.1	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Common	kapp	kappen	kappar	kapparne
Genitive	kapps	kappsens	kappa	kappana

Synonyms

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