καφουρά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• καφούρα (kaphoúra)

Etymology

From Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr), via an Austronesian language such as Malay kapur from Sanskrit कर्पूर (karpūra). It is possible that the Sanskrit term was borrowed from Malay rather than vice versa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.pʰuː.rǎː/ → /ka.ɸuˈra/ → /ka.fuˈra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.pʰuː.rǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.pʰuˈra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.ɸuˈra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.fuˈra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.fuˈra/

Noun

κᾰφουρᾱ́ • (kaphourā́) f (genitive κᾰφουρᾶς); first declension

1. camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora)

Declension

First declension of ἡ κᾰφουρᾱ́; τῆς κᾰφουρᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰφουρᾱ́ hē kaphourā́	τὼ κᾰφουρᾱ́ tṑ kaphourā́	αἱ κᾰφουραί hai kaphouraí
Genitive	τῆς κᾰφουρᾶς tês kaphourâs	τοῖν κᾰφουραῖν toîn kaphouraîn	τῶν κᾰφουρῶν tôn kaphourôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰφουρᾷ têi kaphourâi	τοῖν κᾰφουραῖν toîn kaphouraîn	ταῖς κᾰφουραῖς taîs kaphouraîs
Accusative	τὴν κᾰφουρᾱ́ν tḕn kaphourā́n	τὼ κᾰφουρᾱ́ tṑ kaphourā́	τᾱ̀ς κᾰφουρᾱ́ς tā̀s kaphourā́s
Vocative	κᾰφουρᾱ́ kaphourā́	κᾰφουρᾱ́ kaphourā́	κᾰφουραί kaphouraí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: καφουρά (kafourá)
• → Latin: caphūra

Further reading

• “καφουρά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press