koopi

Rotokas

Etymology

Borrowed from Tok Pisin kopi, from English coffee, from Dutch koffie, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).

Noun

koopi

1. coffee

References

• Firchow, Irwin, Firchow, Jacqueline, Akoitai, David (1973) Vocabulary of Rotokas - Pidgin - English‎^[1], Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 49