ꦏꦼꦥꦭ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese kapāla (skull, upper part of the head), from Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, skull, cranium; bowl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kə.pɔ.lɔ/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧pa‧la

Noun

ꦏꦼꦥꦭ (kepala)

  1. chief, head
  2. supervisor
  3. (literary) head: the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs.

Alternative forms

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “kepala”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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