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English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-kappa.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology 1
From Gr. κά�α (kapa).

Noun
en-noun

1. The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet.

Translations
trans-top|Greek letter
Finnish: #Finnish|kappa
Greek: κά�α n
Interlingua: #Interlingua|kappa
trans-mid
Portuguese: capa m, cá m
Russian: каппа (káppa) f
trans-bottom

Etymology 2
From Ja. ���

Noun
en-noun

wikipedia|Kappa (folklore)

1. A tortoise-like creature in the Japanese mythology.

Translations
trans-top|mythical creature
Finnish: #Finnish|kappa
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Finnish

Etymology 1
Of Ger.|fi origin. Cognates include German Schaff and Estonian kapp.

Noun
fi-noun|kap|type=kauppa

1. an old Finnish unit of measure for volume of dry things (4.58 litres)

Etymology 2
From Medieval L.|fi cappa through Sw.|fi.

Noun
fi-noun|kap|type=kauppa

1. pelmet
2. women's overcoat

Etymology 3
From Gr.|fi κά�α (kapa).

Noun
fi-noun|kap|type=kauppa

1. #English|kappa (letter)

Etymology 4
From Ja.|fi ���.

Noun
fi-noun|kap|type=kauppa

1. #English|kappa (mythical creature)

Category:Finnish nouns

Japanese
wikipedia|kappa (mythical creature)

Noun
ja-noun|r|hira=���

1. A river dwelling monster from Japanese folklore.

Swedish

Etymology 1
rfe|lang=sv

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-kappa.ogg|audio

Noun
sv-noun-reg-or|kapp
kappa

1. pelmet
2. women's overcoat

Etymology 2
From Greek

Noun
sv-noun-irreg-n|kappa|kappat|kappa|kappan
kappa

1. the Greek letter κ (capital: �)

Category:Greek letters
Category:Swedish nouns

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• 2007-11-28 14:10 - Mike - /* Etymology 1 */ ok, then I see what was meant. yes, then the pron. header should be at L4 at that place

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