"קאַפּויער" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Yiddish]

Etymology: Unknown. Possibly related to or derived from כּפּרות (kapores), from Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kapporet), or its singular form, כּפּרה (kapore, “scapegoat”). Compare Aramaic כפורא (kapora, “heathen”) and German kapores (“broken, damaged”). Alternatively, from Russian ку́барем (kúbarem, “head over heels”) or кубарём (kubarjóm), although this is less likely. Etymology templates: {{m|yi|כּפּרות|tr=kapores}} כּפּרות (kapores), {{der|yi|he|כַּפֹּרֶת|tr=kapporet}} Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kapporet), {{m|yi|כּפּרה|t=scapegoat|tr=kapore}} כּפּרה (kapore, “scapegoat”), {{cog|arc|כפורא|t=heathen|tr=kapora}} Aramaic כפורא (kapora, “heathen”), {{cog|de|kapores|t=broken, damaged}} German kapores (“broken, damaged”), {{m|ru|ку́барем|t=head over heels}} ку́барем (kúbarem, “head over heels”), {{m|ru|кубарём}} кубарём (kubarjóm) Head templates: {{yi-adj}} קאַפּויער • (kapoyer) Inflection templates: {{yi-decl}} Forms: kapoyer [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], קאַפּויער [predicative], קאַפּויערער [masculine, nominative], קאַפּויער [indefinite, neuter, nominative], קאַפּויערע [definite, neuter, nominative], קאַפּויערס [neuter, nominative, postpositional], קאַפּויערע [feminine, nominative], קאַפּויערע [nominative, plural], קאַפּויערן [accusative, masculine], קאַפּויער [accusative, indefinite, neuter], קאַפּויערע [accusative, definite, neuter], קאַפּויערס [accusative, neuter, postpositional], קאַפּויערע [accusative, feminine], קאַפּויערע [accusative, plural], קאַפּויערן [dative, masculine], קאַפּויער [dative, indefinite, neuter], קאַפּויערן [dative, definite, neuter], קאַפּויערן [dative, neuter, postpositional], קאַפּויערער [dative, feminine], קאַפּויערע [dative, plural]
  1. opposite, contrary
    Sense id: en-קאַפּויער-yi-adj-qE0kfyXy
  2. upside down, inside out
    Sense id: en-קאַפּויער-yi-adj-STsRF4dg Categories (other): Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish links with redundant wikilinks, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 29 52 17 3 Disambiguation of Yiddish links with redundant wikilinks: 24 61 13 3 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 20 52 21 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: קאַפּויר (kapoyr)

Adverb [Yiddish]

Forms: kapoyer [romanization]
Etymology: Unknown. Possibly related to or derived from כּפּרות (kapores), from Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kapporet), or its singular form, כּפּרה (kapore, “scapegoat”). Compare Aramaic כפורא (kapora, “heathen”) and German kapores (“broken, damaged”). Alternatively, from Russian ку́барем (kúbarem, “head over heels”) or кубарём (kubarjóm), although this is less likely. Etymology templates: {{m|yi|כּפּרות|tr=kapores}} כּפּרות (kapores), {{der|yi|he|כַּפֹּרֶת|tr=kapporet}} Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kapporet), {{m|yi|כּפּרה|t=scapegoat|tr=kapore}} כּפּרה (kapore, “scapegoat”), {{cog|arc|כפורא|t=heathen|tr=kapora}} Aramaic כפורא (kapora, “heathen”), {{cog|de|kapores|t=broken, damaged}} German kapores (“broken, damaged”), {{m|ru|ку́барем|t=head over heels}} ку́барем (kúbarem, “head over heels”), {{m|ru|кубарём}} кубарём (kubarjóm) Head templates: {{yi-adv}} קאַפּויער • (kapoyer)
  1. upside down
    Sense id: en-קאַפּויער-yi-adv-iORdmypW
  2. backwards
    Sense id: en-קאַפּויער-yi-adv-kMMy9N8c
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: קאַפּויר (kapoyr) Derived forms: פֿאַרקאַפּויערן (farkapoyern) (english: to turn over, turn upside down), קאַפּויערקומען (kapoyerkumen) (english: to emerge unexpectedly), קאַפּויערקייט (kapoyerkeyt) (english: opposition), קאַפּויעריש (kapoyerish) (english: opposite, contrary), קאַפּויער שווימען (kapoyer shvimen) (english: to resurface, to emerge), משה קאַפּויער (moyshe kapoyer) (english: someone who persists in being contrary or getting things mixed up; Mr. Contrary)

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "כּפּרות",
        "tr": "kapores"
      },
      "expansion": "כּפּרות (kapores)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "כַּפֹּרֶת",
        "tr": "kapporet"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kapporet)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "כּפּרה",
        "t": "scapegoat",
        "tr": "kapore"
      },
      "expansion": "כּפּרה (kapore, “scapegoat”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "כפורא",
        "t": "heathen",
        "tr": "kapora"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic כפורא (kapora, “heathen”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "kapores",
        "t": "broken, damaged"
      },
      "expansion": "German kapores (“broken, damaged”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "ку́барем",
        "t": "head over heels"
      },
      "expansion": "ку́барем (kúbarem, “head over heels”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "кубарём"
      },
      "expansion": "кубарём (kubarjóm)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Possibly related to or derived from כּפּרות (kapores), from Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kapporet), or its singular form, כּפּרה (kapore, “scapegoat”). Compare Aramaic כפורא (kapora, “heathen”) and German kapores (“broken, damaged”). Alternatively, from Russian ку́барем (kúbarem, “head over heels”) or кубарём (kubarjóm), although this is less likely.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kapoyer",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yi-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויער",
      "roman": "kapoyer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערער",
      "roman": "kapoyerer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויער",
      "roman": "kapoyer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערע",
      "roman": "kapoyere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערס",
      "roman": "kapoyers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "postpositional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערע",
      "roman": "kapoyere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערע",
      "roman": "kapoyere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערן",
      "roman": "kapoyern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויער",
      "roman": "kapoyer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערע",
      "roman": "kapoyere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערס",
      "roman": "kapoyers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "postpositional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערע",
      "roman": "kapoyere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערע",
      "roman": "kapoyere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערן",
      "roman": "kapoyern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויער",
      "roman": "kapoyer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערן",
      "roman": "kapoyern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערן",
      "roman": "kapoyern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "postpositional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערער",
      "roman": "kapoyerer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערע",
      "roman": "kapoyere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "קאַפּויער • (kapoyer)",
      "name": "yi-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "yi-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "opposite, contrary"
      ],
      "id": "en-קאַפּויער-yi-adj-qE0kfyXy",
      "links": [
        [
          "opposite",
          "opposite"
        ],
        [
          "contrary",
          "contrary"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 52 17 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 61 13 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 52 21 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "upside down, inside out"
      ],
      "id": "en-קאַפּויער-yi-adj-STsRF4dg",
      "links": [
        [
          "upside down",
          "upside down"
        ],
        [
          "inside out",
          "inside out"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kapoyr",
      "word": "קאַפּויר"
    }
  ],
  "word": "קאַפּויער"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to turn over, turn upside down",
      "roman": "farkapoyern",
      "word": "פֿאַרקאַפּויערן"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to emerge unexpectedly",
      "roman": "kapoyerkumen",
      "word": "קאַפּויערקומען"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "opposition",
      "roman": "kapoyerkeyt",
      "word": "קאַפּויערקייט"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "opposite, contrary",
      "roman": "kapoyerish",
      "word": "קאַפּויעריש"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to resurface, to emerge",
      "roman": "kapoyer shvimen",
      "word": "קאַפּויער שווימען"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "someone who persists in being contrary or getting things mixed up; Mr. Contrary",
      "roman": "moyshe kapoyer",
      "word": "משה קאַפּויער"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "כּפּרות",
        "tr": "kapores"
      },
      "expansion": "כּפּרות (kapores)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "כַּפֹּרֶת",
        "tr": "kapporet"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kapporet)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "כּפּרה",
        "t": "scapegoat",
        "tr": "kapore"
      },
      "expansion": "כּפּרה (kapore, “scapegoat”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "כפורא",
        "t": "heathen",
        "tr": "kapora"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic כפורא (kapora, “heathen”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "kapores",
        "t": "broken, damaged"
      },
      "expansion": "German kapores (“broken, damaged”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "ку́барем",
        "t": "head over heels"
      },
      "expansion": "ку́барем (kúbarem, “head over heels”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "кубарём"
      },
      "expansion": "кубарём (kubarjóm)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Possibly related to or derived from כּפּרות (kapores), from Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kapporet), or its singular form, כּפּרה (kapore, “scapegoat”). Compare Aramaic כפורא (kapora, “heathen”) and German kapores (“broken, damaged”). Alternatively, from Russian ку́барем (kúbarem, “head over heels”) or кубарём (kubarjóm), although this is less likely.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kapoyer",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "קאַפּויער • (kapoyer)",
      "name": "yi-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Such an opening scene literally begs to be turned upside down, and indeed the woman becomes a werewolf and kills her husband with a sushi knife.",
          "ref": "2016, עדי מהלאל, “פּאָל סײַמאָנס קריטישער הומאָר אין „פֿון פֿרעמדער צו פֿרעמדער‟ [Paul Simon's Critical Humor in \"Stranger to Stranger\"]”, in Forverts",
          "roman": "aza min tkhílezdike stsene bet zikh mamesh me zol zi shteln kapoyer, un take di froy vert a volkelak un dermordert ir man mit a sushi-meser.",
          "text": "אַזאַ מין תּחילתדיקע סצענע בעט זיך ממש מע זאָל זי שטעלן קאַפּויער, און טאַקע די פֿרוי ווערט אַ וואָלקעלאַק און דערמאָרדערט איר מאַן מיט אַ סושי-מעסער.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "upside down"
      ],
      "id": "en-קאַפּויער-yi-adv-iORdmypW",
      "links": [
        [
          "upside down",
          "upside down"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The author explained that she had, in fact, created a \"children's book backwards\".",
          "ref": "2013, ריני גערט-זאַנד, “קינדער-ביכער אויף קאַפּויער [Baby Books Backwards]”, in Forverts",
          "roman": "di mekhaberte hot derklert, az zi hot, betsm, geshafn a \"kinder-bukh oyf kapoyer\".",
          "text": "די מחברטע האָט דערקלערט, אַז זי האָט, בעצם, געשאַפֿן אַ „קינדער-בוך אויף קאַפּויער‟.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "backwards"
      ],
      "id": "en-קאַפּויער-yi-adv-kMMy9N8c",
      "links": [
        [
          "backwards",
          "backwards"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kapoyr",
      "word": "קאַפּויר"
    }
  ],
  "word": "קאַפּויער"
}
{
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    "Yiddish adjectives",
    "Yiddish adverbs",
    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "כּפּרות",
        "tr": "kapores"
      },
      "expansion": "כּפּרות (kapores)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "כַּפֹּרֶת",
        "tr": "kapporet"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kapporet)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "כּפּרה",
        "t": "scapegoat",
        "tr": "kapore"
      },
      "expansion": "כּפּרה (kapore, “scapegoat”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "כפורא",
        "t": "heathen",
        "tr": "kapora"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic כפורא (kapora, “heathen”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "kapores",
        "t": "broken, damaged"
      },
      "expansion": "German kapores (“broken, damaged”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "ку́барем",
        "t": "head over heels"
      },
      "expansion": "ку́барем (kúbarem, “head over heels”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "кубарём"
      },
      "expansion": "кубарём (kubarjóm)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Possibly related to or derived from כּפּרות (kapores), from Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kapporet), or its singular form, כּפּרה (kapore, “scapegoat”). Compare Aramaic כפורא (kapora, “heathen”) and German kapores (“broken, damaged”). Alternatively, from Russian ку́барем (kúbarem, “head over heels”) or кубарём (kubarjóm), although this is less likely.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kapoyer",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yi-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויער",
      "roman": "kapoyer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערער",
      "roman": "kapoyerer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויער",
      "roman": "kapoyer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערע",
      "roman": "kapoyere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערס",
      "roman": "kapoyers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "postpositional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערע",
      "roman": "kapoyere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערע",
      "roman": "kapoyere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערן",
      "roman": "kapoyern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויער",
      "roman": "kapoyer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערע",
      "roman": "kapoyere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערס",
      "roman": "kapoyers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "postpositional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערע",
      "roman": "kapoyere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערע",
      "roman": "kapoyere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערן",
      "roman": "kapoyern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויער",
      "roman": "kapoyer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערן",
      "roman": "kapoyern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערן",
      "roman": "kapoyern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "postpositional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערער",
      "roman": "kapoyerer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קאַפּויערע",
      "roman": "kapoyere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "קאַפּויער • (kapoyer)",
      "name": "yi-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "yi-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "opposite, contrary"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "opposite",
          "opposite"
        ],
        [
          "contrary",
          "contrary"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "upside down, inside out"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "upside down",
          "upside down"
        ],
        [
          "inside out",
          "inside out"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kapoyr",
      "word": "קאַפּויר"
    }
  ],
  "word": "קאַפּויער"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Yiddish adjectives",
    "Yiddish adverbs",
    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to turn over, turn upside down",
      "roman": "farkapoyern",
      "word": "פֿאַרקאַפּויערן"
    },
    {
      "english": "to emerge unexpectedly",
      "roman": "kapoyerkumen",
      "word": "קאַפּויערקומען"
    },
    {
      "english": "opposition",
      "roman": "kapoyerkeyt",
      "word": "קאַפּויערקייט"
    },
    {
      "english": "opposite, contrary",
      "roman": "kapoyerish",
      "word": "קאַפּויעריש"
    },
    {
      "english": "to resurface, to emerge",
      "roman": "kapoyer shvimen",
      "word": "קאַפּויער שווימען"
    },
    {
      "english": "someone who persists in being contrary or getting things mixed up; Mr. Contrary",
      "roman": "moyshe kapoyer",
      "word": "משה קאַפּויער"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "כּפּרות",
        "tr": "kapores"
      },
      "expansion": "כּפּרות (kapores)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "כַּפֹּרֶת",
        "tr": "kapporet"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kapporet)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "כּפּרה",
        "t": "scapegoat",
        "tr": "kapore"
      },
      "expansion": "כּפּרה (kapore, “scapegoat”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "כפורא",
        "t": "heathen",
        "tr": "kapora"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic כפורא (kapora, “heathen”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "kapores",
        "t": "broken, damaged"
      },
      "expansion": "German kapores (“broken, damaged”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "ку́барем",
        "t": "head over heels"
      },
      "expansion": "ку́барем (kúbarem, “head over heels”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "кубарём"
      },
      "expansion": "кубарём (kubarjóm)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Possibly related to or derived from כּפּרות (kapores), from Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kapporet), or its singular form, כּפּרה (kapore, “scapegoat”). Compare Aramaic כפורא (kapora, “heathen”) and German kapores (“broken, damaged”). Alternatively, from Russian ку́барем (kúbarem, “head over heels”) or кубарём (kubarjóm), although this is less likely.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kapoyer",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "קאַפּויער • (kapoyer)",
      "name": "yi-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yiddish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Such an opening scene literally begs to be turned upside down, and indeed the woman becomes a werewolf and kills her husband with a sushi knife.",
          "ref": "2016, עדי מהלאל, “פּאָל סײַמאָנס קריטישער הומאָר אין „פֿון פֿרעמדער צו פֿרעמדער‟ [Paul Simon's Critical Humor in \"Stranger to Stranger\"]”, in Forverts",
          "roman": "aza min tkhílezdike stsene bet zikh mamesh me zol zi shteln kapoyer, un take di froy vert a volkelak un dermordert ir man mit a sushi-meser.",
          "text": "אַזאַ מין תּחילתדיקע סצענע בעט זיך ממש מע זאָל זי שטעלן קאַפּויער, און טאַקע די פֿרוי ווערט אַ וואָלקעלאַק און דערמאָרדערט איר מאַן מיט אַ סושי-מעסער.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "upside down"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "upside down",
          "upside down"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yiddish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The author explained that she had, in fact, created a \"children's book backwards\".",
          "ref": "2013, ריני גערט-זאַנד, “קינדער-ביכער אויף קאַפּויער [Baby Books Backwards]”, in Forverts",
          "roman": "di mekhaberte hot derklert, az zi hot, betsm, geshafn a \"kinder-bukh oyf kapoyer\".",
          "text": "די מחברטע האָט דערקלערט, אַז זי האָט, בעצם, געשאַפֿן אַ „קינדער-בוך אויף קאַפּויער‟.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "backwards"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "backwards",
          "backwards"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kapoyr",
      "word": "קאַפּויר"
    }
  ],
  "word": "קאַפּויער"
}

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