"kafa" meaning in Icelandic

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Verb

IPA: /ˈkʰaːva/ Forms: kafaði [indicative, past, singular, third-person], kafað [supine]
Rhymes: -aːva Etymology: From Old Norse kafa (cognate with Faroese kava), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷebʰ- (“to dive, dive in”). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek βάπτω (báptō). Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|kafa}} Old Norse kafa, {{cog|fo|kava}} Faroese kava, {{der|is|ine-pro|*gʷebʰ-|t=to dive, dive in}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷebʰ- (“to dive, dive in”), {{cog|grc|βάπτω}} Ancient Greek βάπτω (báptō) Head templates: {{head|is|verb|weak verb||third-person singular past indicative|kafaði||{{{22}}}|supine|kafað||{{{33}}}|cat2=weak verbs|head=}} kafa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kafaði, supine kafað)
  1. to dive, to go so deep underwater that one can't be seen Tags: weak Derived forms: fara í kaf, kaf Derived forms (kafaldi): kafarabúningur, kafaraveiki Derived forms (kafari): kafbátur, kafblása, kafblað, kaffæra, kafhlaup, kafhríð Related terms: kafagras
    Sense id: en-kafa-is-verb-gXSkSlh3 Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "kava"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese kava",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "indicative",
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        "singular",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafað",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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          "word": "fara í kaf"
        },
        {
          "word": "kaf"
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        {
          "sense": "kafaldi",
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        },
        {
          "sense": "kafaldi",
          "word": "kafaraveiki"
        },
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          "word": "kafbátur"
        },
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          "sense": "kafari",
          "word": "kafblása"
        },
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          "word": "kafblað"
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          "sense": "kafari",
          "word": "kaffæra"
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              3,
              8
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              5,
              11
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          ],
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        "to dive, to go so deep underwater that one can't be seen"
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        {
          "word": "kafagras"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʰaːva/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːva"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kafa"
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    {
      "word": "fara í kaf"
    },
    {
      "word": "kaf"
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      "word": "kafarabúningur"
    },
    {
      "sense": "kafaldi",
      "word": "kafaraveiki"
    },
    {
      "sense": "kafari",
      "word": "kafbátur"
    },
    {
      "sense": "kafari",
      "word": "kafblása"
    },
    {
      "sense": "kafari",
      "word": "kafblað"
    },
    {
      "sense": "kafari",
      "word": "kaffæra"
    },
    {
      "sense": "kafari",
      "word": "kafhlaup"
    },
    {
      "sense": "kafari",
      "word": "kafhríð"
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "kafað",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʰaːva/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːva"
    }
  ],
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