kaappi

Borrowed from Old Swedish skāp (compare modern Swedish skåp), from Middle Low German schap.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːpːi/, [ˈkɑ̝ːpːi]
• Rhymes: -ɑːpːi
• Syllabification^(key): kaap‧pi

kaappi

1. cabinet, closet, cupboard (a piece of furniture used for storage and closed with a door)
2. (colloquial) the closet (a state of secrecy regarding one's sexual identity or similar)
3. (slang) unit (a physically large, imposing, muscular person)

kaappi usually means a moveable piece of furniture, and it can also mean a cabinet or closet that forms part of a larger piece such as a desk. The word for a built-in closet is komero.

• kaapisto

• “kaappi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Ultimately from Old Swedish skāp, possibly via Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːpːi/, [ˈkɑːpʲː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːpːi/, [ˈkɑːpːi]
• Rhymes: -ɑːpʲː, -ɑːpːi
• Hyphenation: kaap‧pi

kaappi

1. closet, cupboard, wardrobe, bookcase (any upright piece of furniture used to store things in)

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 148

Borrowed from Old Swedish skāp (compare modern Swedish skåp), from Middle Low German schap.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːpːi/, [ˈkɑːpʲːi]
• Rhymes: -ɑːpːi
• Hyphenation: kaap‧pi

kaappi

1. cupboard, cabinet
2. closet

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎, 2nd edition, Tallinn