ကပ္ပလီ

Burmese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: ကပပ'လီ
  • IPA(key): /kaʔpəlì/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kappa.li • ALA-LC: kappalī • BGN/PCGN: katpăli • Okell: kaʔpăli

Noun

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

  1. Negro, black person

Derived terms

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