kappa

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From English kappa, borrowed from Japanese 河童 (kappa, “water imp”). Included as an Easter Egg by an early Twitch employee.

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *kapp- (“palm, hand”). Doublet of kaph.

From Japanese 河童 (kappa, “water imp”).

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كَبَا (kabā) — Greek letter
• Asturian: kapa — Greek letter
• Asturian: kappa — Greek letter
• Catalan: kappa — Greek letter
• Chinese Mandarin: 卡帕 (kǎpà) — Greek letter
• Coptic: ⲕⲁⲡⲡⲁ (kappa) — Greek letter
• Czech: kapa — Greek letter
• Czech: kappa — Greek letter
• Dutch: kappa — Greek letter
• Esperanto: kapo — Greek letter
• Finnish: kappa — Greek letter
• French: kappa — Greek letter
• German: Kappa — Greek letter
• Greek: κάπα (kápa) — Greek letter
• Ancient Greek: κάππα (káppa) — Greek letter
• Hebrew: כָּפָּא (káppa) — Greek letter
• Hungarian: kappa — Greek letter
• Interlingua: kappa — Greek letter
• Italian: kappa — Greek letter
• Japanese: カッパ (kappa) — Greek letter
• Korean: 카파 (kapa) — Greek letter
• Malay: kapa — Greek letter
• Māori: kāepa — Greek letter
• Marathi: काप्पा (kāppā) — Greek letter
• Polish: kappa — Greek letter
• Portuguese: capa — Greek letter
• Portuguese: cá — Greek letter
• Russian: ка́ппа (káppa) — Greek letter
• Spanish: kappa — Greek letter
• Swedish: kappa — Greek letter
• Tagalog: kapa — Greek letter
• Thai: แคปปา (kɛ́p-bpâa) — Greek letter
• Chinese Mandarin: 河童 (hétóng) — mythical creature
• Finnish: kappa — mythical creature
• French: kappa — mythical creature
• Japanese: 河童 — mythical creature
• Korean: 갓파 (gatpa) — mythical creature
• Marathi: काप्पा (kāppā) — mythical creature
• Polish: kappa — mythical creature
• Russian: ка́ппа (káppa) — mythical creature
• Swedish: kappa — mythical creature
• Thai: คัปปะ — mythical creature