kavakar

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Galician-Portuguese cavaco + -ar, from Late Latin cava, substantivized from Latin cava, the feminine of the adjective cavus.

Verb

kavakar (Hebrew spelling קאב׳אקאר)

1. to dig; to dig up; to drill; to excavate; to shovel

   Synonym: eskarvar

   • 2002, Aki Yerushalayim‎^[1], numbers 68–72:

     Mas antes, mientres k’en las rovinas kavakavan
     i el kadavre de sus amigo lo bushkavan,
     la statua de Dagon a la tierra arrojada,
     entera rota vieron, sin pies, deskavesada.

     Yet earlier, whilst they were digging up the ruins, and were seeking their friend’s corpse, Dagon’s statue on the rejected land, they came upon an utterly broken person, footless and headless.

2. to hollow out

Conjugation

    Conjugation of kavakar

infinitive		simple		kavakar
		compound		aver kavakado
gerund		simple		kavakando
		compound		aviendo kavakado
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		kavakado		kavakados
		feminine		kavakada		kavakadas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él / ella	mosotros mosós	vosotros vosós / vós	ellos / ellas
	present	kavako	kavakas	kavaka	kavakamos	kavakáx	kavakan
	imperfect	kavakava	kavakavas	kavakava	kavakávamos	kavakavax	kavakavan
	preterite	kavakí	kavakates	kavakó	kavakimos	kavakatex	kavakaron
	future	kavakaré	kavakarás	kavakará	kavakaremos	kavakaréx	kavakarán
	conditional	kavakaría	kavakarías	kavakaría	kavakaríamos	kavakaríax	kavakarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él / ella	mosotros mosós	vosotros vosós / vós	ellos / ellas
	present	kavake	kavakes	kavake	kavakemos	kavakéx	kavaken
	imperfect	kavakara	kavakaras	kavakara	kavakáramos	kavakarax	kavakaran
imperative		—	tú	—	—	vosotros vosós / vós	—
	affirmative	—	kavaka	—	—	kavakad	—
	negative	—	no kavakes	—	—	no kavakéx	—

Related terms

• kavakadura (“hoe, excavation”)