kapitan

Internationalism, ultimately from Latin capitaneus, likely via Russian капитан (kapitan).

kapitan (definite accusative kapitanı, plural kapitanlar)

1. captain, commander, master, skipper, team leader
2. (military) captain

• “kapitan” in Obastan.com.

Borrowed from Russian капитан (kapitan)

kapitan

1. captain

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “kapitan”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

From Malay kapitan, borrowed Portuguese capitam (“captain”), from Old Galician-Portuguese capitan, capitam, from Genoese Ligurian capitan, from Late Latin capitānus, from capitāneus, or Latin capitālis. Doublet of kapital and kapten.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpitan/
• Hyphenation: ka‧pi‧tan

kapitan (first-person possessive kapitanku, second-person possessive kapitanmu, third-person possessive kapitannya)

1. (archaic) captain
   1. chieftain in the Eastern Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara Timur) and Mollucas (Maluku)
   2. a high-ranking government position in the civil administration of colonial Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo and the Philippines as community leaders of local foreign communities, such as Kapitan Cina
   3. leader chief in the army

• “kapitan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

kapitan

1. Rōmaji transcription of カピタン

From Portuguese capitam (“captain”), from Old Galician-Portuguese capitan, capitam, from Genoese Ligurian capitan, from Late Latin capitānus, from capitāneus, or Latin capitālis. Cognate with Japanese カピタン (kapitan).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpitan/
• Hyphenation: ka‧pi‧tan

kapitan (Jawi spelling کاڤيتن, plural kapitan-kapitan, informal 1st possessive kapitanku, 2nd possessive kapitanmu, 3rd possessive kapitannya)

1. (archaic) captain.
   1. a high-ranking government position in the civil administration of colonial Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo and the Philippines as community leaders of local foreign communities, such as Kapitan Cina.

• Indonesian: kapitan
• → Min Nan: 甲必丹 (kap-pit-tan, “captain”).[1]

• “kapitan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901). A Malay-English dictionary. Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh, limited. page 523.

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin capitāneus.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpi.tan/

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• Rhymes: -itan
• Syllabification: ka‧pi‧tan

kapitan m pers (female equivalent kapitanka, related adjective kapitański)

1. captain
2. skipper, shipmaster

• → Russian: капита́н (kapitán), капита́нъ (kapitán)
  • → Armenian: կապիտան (kapitan)
  • → Azerbaijani: kapitan
  • → Kazakh: капитан (kapitan)
  • → Ukrainian: капітан (kapitan)
  • → Yakut: капитан (kapitan)

• kapitan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kapitan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• kapitan in PWN's encyclopedia

• capitan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Borrowed from Spanish capitán, from Late Latin capitāneus.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kapiˈtan/ [kɐ.pɪˈtan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ka‧pi‧tan

kapitán (feminine kapitana, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜒᜆᜈ᜔)

1. (military) captain
2. village chief; head of a barangay or barrio

   Synonyms: (dated) puno, tininte

   • 1980, Philippine Journal of Education:

     Ta[m]a : "Ang una ay mali kung ang kaisipang gustong ilantad ay isa ang kapitan sa bawa't barangay.”

     Correct: "The first one is incorrect if the idea to be expressed is there is one captain in every barangay."

   • 1994, Batingaw: aklat sa Filipino, wika at panitikan, antas sekundarya, Rex Bookstore, Inc., →ISBN, page 155:

     Nagtawag ng pangalan si Misis. Katabi niya ang kapitan ng baryo bilang tagapatunay sa katauhan ng mga natawag. “Simeon Alcaraz, Corazon Santos, Pelagia Cruz. Teka, teka ikaw ba 'tong Corazon Santos?"

     Madam called names. Beside him is the barrio chief as the one who will prove the identity of those called. "Simeon Alcaraz, Corazon Santos, Pelagia Cruz. Oh, are you that Corazon Santos?"

From kapit +‎ -an.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /kaˈpitan/ [kɐˈpi.tɐn] (verb)
    • Rhymes: -itan
  • IPA^(key): /kapiˈtan/ [kɐ.pɪˈtan] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ka‧pi‧tan

kapitan (complete kinapitan, progressive kinakapitan, contemplative kakapitan, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜒᜆᜈ᜔)

1. to hold on to (something)

   Synonyms: hawakan, tanganan

2. to be affected by (an illness, disease, etc.)

   Synonym: dapuan

3. to depend on (as for support or patronage)

• hindi kakapitan ng alikabok

kapitán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜒᜆᜈ᜔)

1. anything used to hold on (such as a railing, banister, etc.)

   Synonyms: hawakan, tatangnan

kapitán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜒᜆᜈ᜔)

1. easily soiled (by mud, dirt, etc.)
2. of something used to held on

• “kapitan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018