kapol

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧pol

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

kapol

1. (obsolete) a type of knife

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

kapol

1. a cake

Anagrams

• lapok, pakol, polka

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• capol, capul — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kapur, from Proto-Austronesian *qapuʀ. Doublet of alkampor and apog.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈkapol/ [ˈka.pol] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -apol
  • IPA^(key): /kaˈpol/ [kɐˈpol] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: ka‧pol

Noun

kapol (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜓᜎ᜔)

1. act and manner of smearing and daubing something with any greasy, sticky, or dirty substance
2. any greasy, sticky, or dirty substance smeared on something, such as wax, paint, blood, or varnish
3. (obsolete) bitumen made of lime and oil for caulking holes or cracks in vessels

Derived terms

• ikapol
• kapulan
• kapulin
• kumapol
• makapulan
• mangangapol
• mangapol
• pangapol

 

See also

• galagala
• kulapol
• pulapol

 

Adjective

kapól (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜓᜎ᜔)

1. covered, smudged or smeared over with something greasy, sticky, or dirty

Further reading

• “kapol” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “kapol”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 457.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[3] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[4], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 109: “Betun) Capul (pp) de cal y aceyte ꝑa tapar agujeros o hendeduras de vaſijas tambien le haçen con cal ſola, o conpez y otras coſas”
  • page 270: “Empegar) Capul (pp) botija, calabaça o algo conpez brea, o otra coſa”
  • page 567: “Tapar) Capol (pp) quebradura o agujero de vaſija con betun”
• Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 77