ကပ္ပလီ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَافِر‎ (kāfir, “infidel; unbeliever”).

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: ကပပ'လီ

IPA^(key): /kaʔpəlì/

Romanization: MLCTS: kappa.li • ALA-LC: kappalī • BGN/PCGN: katpăli • Okell: kaʔpăli

Noun

ကပ္ပလီ • (kappa.li) (classifier ယောက် or ဦး)

Negro, black person

Derived terms

ကပ္ပလီပင်လယ် (kappa.lipanglai, “Andaman Sea”)

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