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Kaaps

Kaaps comes from Afrikaans Kaaps ‘Of, from or relating to the Cape of Good Hope’, and goes back to Dutch Kaaps.

  1. Dutchc. 1500–presentKaaps‘of, from or relating to the Cape of Good Hope’
  2. Afrikaansmodernsame form‘Of, from or relating to the Cape of Good Hope’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Dutchc. 1500–presentKaaps‘of, from or relating to the Cape of Good Hope’
  2. Afrikaansmodernsame form‘Of, from or relating to the Cape of Good Hope’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name The form of the Afrikaans language spoken by Cape Coloured people.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Dutch Kaaps / Kaaps