kapala

See also: käpälä, kapała, kąpała, and Kąpała

English

A kapala

Etymology

From Tibetan ཀ་པ་ལ (ka pa la), from Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla), meaning "skull", "forehead", "kapala", ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“head”). Doublet of copra.

Noun

kapala (plural kapalas)

1. A cup made from a human skull and used in tantric rituals.

Synonyms

• skullcup

Banjarese

Etymology

From Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull”).

Noun

kapala

1. (anatomy) head

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkapala]

Participle

kapala

1. inflection of kapat:
   1. feminine singular past active participle
   2. neuter plural past active participle

Indonesian

Noun

kapala

1. obsolete spelling of kepala

Javanese

Romanization

kapala

1. romanization of ꦏꦥꦭ

Lindu

Noun

kapala

1. head
2. leader; pioneer

Makasar

Etymology

From Malay kepala (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpala/, [kʰa.ˈpʰa.la]
• Hyphenation: ka‧pa‧la

Noun

kapala (Lontara spelling ᨀᨄᨒ or 𑻠𑻣𑻮, definite kapalaya)

1. head; chief; the principal part of something
2. village head; village chief (a function established by the Dutch East Indies government, kamponghoofd)
3. stripes of the punca of a sarong (especially the middle stripe; see punca)
4. striped corners of a headscarf

Derived terms

affixations

• kakapalàng
• kapalài

compounds

• bone ballaʼ kapala
• kapala caʼdi
• kapala dacing

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page 293

Maranao

Noun

kapala

1. head

Derived terms

• batokapala (“headstone”)

References

• Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎^[1] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

North Moluccan Malay

Etymology

From Malay kepala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpa.la/
• Hyphenation: ka‧pa‧la

Noun

kapala

1. head

Derived terms

• kapala angin (“stubborn”)
• kapala skola (“school headmaster”)