kapisa

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦥꦶꦱ (kapisa), from Sanskrit कपिश (kapiśa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.pi.sa/
• Rhymes: -sa
• Hyphenation: ka‧pi‧sa

Noun

kapisa (first-person possessive kapisaku, second-person possessive kapisamu, third-person possessive kapisanya)

1. bay: a brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.

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Further reading

• “kapisa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
• Pusat Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa (1984) Daftar Istilah Warna [Colour Terms List] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia