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