kape'lė nf 1 hat; cap with a brim 2 cap shape
• kapelė kineze [Invert] Chinese hat (mollusc) Calyptraea chinensis
• kapelė republike felt hat with a high crown and a brim: Stetson; top hat, derby, bowler
* kapell|xhi' nm (np ~nj) (Bot) puffball fungus
ka'p·et vpr 1 to extend the hand in a grasping motion 2 to come to blows/grips: grapple, fight 3 to climb up 4 to latch/hang/hold on 5 to begin to regain one's economic well-being: get back on one's feet
• kap·et me [ ] to pick on [ ] unfairly
• kap·et pas <> to hang/hold/latch on to <>; stick to <>
• kap·et pas fijes sė perit/flokut/kashtės to rest on an unsound basis, be built on sand; be grasping at straws, have vain hopes
• kap·et pas fjalės/fjalėsh to give undue emphasis to words grabbed out of context
• kap·et pėr fyti/gryke me [ ] to quarrel/fight bitterly with [ ]
• S'kapet qielli me dorė. [Prov] "The sky cannot be grasped by the hand." That is an impossible proposal. No way!
• kap·et pas shkumėve//pėr shkume to be wasting one's effort
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