That would be a kippah in Hebrew, Yarmulke in Yiddish, skullcap in English. Interestingly, the Yiddish word for head is "kup" but I don't know if that has anything to do with this.
Judith > Nevermind. I just called my sister. She says that the word describes the > shape of the little round thingies Jewish people wear on their head (please > excuse my ignorance of Jewish apparel). > > I'm still not satisfied, since that word isn't used anywhere else to > describe anything similar or round. Don't think it's a Cambo word. > > Kuhtup people! heh ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
