Where does “kiap” come from?
kiap (Tok Pisin) comes from German kapitän, from Middle High German kapitān, from Old French capitaine, from Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.
kiap (Tok Pisin): A historical roving colonial administrator in...
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