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==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|en|koppie}}

===Etymology===
From (South African) {{bor|en|nl|kopje}}, diminutive of {{m|nl|kop||head}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/kəʊpi/}}
* {{IPA|en|/kɒpi/}}
** {{hmp|en|copy}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|South Africa}} A [[small]] [[hill]] or [[mound]], especially on the [[African#Adjective|African]] [[veld]].
#* {{RQ:Schreiner African Farm|chapter=Shadows from Child-life. The Watch.|page=9|passage=In one spot only was the solemn monotony of the plain broken. Near the center a small solitary “'''kopje'''” rose. Alone it lay there, a heap of round ironstones piled one upon the other, as over some giant’s grave.}}
#* {{RQ:Wells First Men in the Moon|chapter=Prospecting Begins|page=105|passage=We selected a lichenous '''kopje''' perhaps fifteen yards away, and landed neatly on its summit one after the other.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1952|author=w:Doris Lessing|title=Martha Quest|publisher=Panther|year_published=1974|page=8
|passage=Martha looked over a mile or so of bush to a strip of pink ploughed land; […] and then, ridge after ridge, fold after fold, the bush stretched to a line of blue '''kopjes'''.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1978|author=w:André Brink|title=Rumours of Rain|page=72|publisher=Vintage|year_published=2000
|passage=On the '''''koppie''''' behind the village, the unsightly red-and-white skeleton of an FM tower.}}

===References===
* Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)

==Afrikaans==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|af|LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-kopje.wav}}

===Noun===
{{af-noun|s}}

# {{lb|af|archaic}} {{alternative form of|af|koppie}}

==Dutch==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/ˈkɔp.jə/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-kopje.ogg}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun-dim}}

# {{diminutive of|nl|kop}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun-dim-tant}}

# {{lb|nl|of cats}} an act of rubbing one's face on someone or something to spread [[pheromone]]s

==Lower Sorbian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|dsb|koṕe||obsolete}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|dsb|sla-pro|*kopьje}}. Cognate with {{cog|hsb|kopjo}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|dsb|/ˈkɔpʲɛ/|[ˈkɔpʲə]}}

===Noun===
{{dsb-noun|n|dim=kopjecko}}

# [[spear]], [[javelin]], [[lance]], [[pike]]

====Inflection====
{{dsb-decl-noun-33|kop}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:dsb:Muka|koṕe}}
* {{R:dsb:Starosta}}

{{C|dsb|Weapons}}

==Slovene==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sl|sla-pro|*kopьje}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{sl-IPA|kọ́pje}}

===Noun===
{{sl-noun|kọ́pje|n}}

# [[javelin]]

====Inflection====
{{sl-decl-noun-n|kópj}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:sl:Fran}}

{{C|sl|Weapons}}