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Kaput vs Kapu - What's the difference?

kaput | kapu |

As an adjective kaput

is (slang) out of order; not working; broken.

As a noun kapu is

taboo, especially in hawaiian contexts.

kaput

English

Alternative forms

* kaputt

Adjective

(-)
  • (slang) Out of order; not working; broken.
    • My car is kaput.
    His career is kaput.
    Her marriage is kaput.
  • * 1998 , Saving Private Ryan
    • German propaganda loudspeaker:'' (...) The Statue of Liberty is KAPUT'''.
    ''Captain Miller:'' "The Statue of Liberty is '     kaput " – huh, that's disconcerting.

    kapu

    English

    Noun

    (kapu)
  • Taboo, especially in Hawaiian contexts.
  • * 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 43:
    • The operation of taboos – or kapu – kept society ordered, quite cruelly on occasion.
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