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kepala

Brunei Malay

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull”).

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Noun

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kepala

  1. (anatomy) head (part of the body)

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Iban

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull”).

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kepala

  1. (anatomy) head (part of the body)
  2. (figurative) leader, chief, head

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay kepala, from Classical Malay: کڤالا (kepala), from Pali kapāla, from Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kapā́las, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapā́las, from Proto-Indo-European *káp-ōl (“head, bowl”). Doublet of kopra.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kə.ˈpä.lä]
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  • Hyphenation: kê‧pa‧la
  • Rhymes: -la, -a

Noun

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kepala (plural kepala-kepala, first-person possessive kepalaku, second-person possessive kepalamu, third-person possessive kepalanya)

  1. (anatomy) head: the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs.
    Synonyms: hulu, tendas, jemala
  2. (figurative) leader, chief, head
    Synonyms: ketua, pemimpin
    Kepala suku ― Tribal chief
    Kepala sekolah ― Head teacher (lit. "head of school")
    Synonym: bas
  3. (computing) head: part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.

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Javanese

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Romanization

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kepala

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦼꦥꦭ

Malay

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull”). Main anatomy sense mostly displaced native word hulu except in court language.

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kĕpala (Jawi spelling کڤالا, plural kepala-kepala, informal 1st possessive kepalaku, 2nd possessive kepalamu, 3rd possessive kepalanya)

  1. (anatomy) head (part of the body)
    Synonyms: hulu, tendas, jemala
  2. top part or layer of something
    Synonym: hulu
    kepala kain: front broad stripe found in some sarong patterns
    kepala susu: cream of milk
    kepala santan: coconut cream
    kepala surat: letterhead
    kepala berita: headline
    kepala lutut: kneecap, patella
  3. (figurative) leader, chief, head
    Synonyms: ketua, pemimpin
    Kepala suku ― Tribal chief
    Kepala sekolah ― Head teacher (lit. "head of school")
  4. source
    Synonyms: punca, sumber
  5. (computing) head: part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.

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References

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  • Edi Sedyawati, Ellya Iswati, Kusparyati Boedhijono, Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994) Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, page 96
  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کڤال kapala”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek‎[1], John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 83
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کڤال kĕpala”, in A Malay-English dictionary‎[2], Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 521
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kĕpala”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised)‎[3], volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 561

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Maranao

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Noun

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kepala

  1. head
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