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
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.pʰuː.rǎː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.pʰuˈra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.ɸuˈra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.fuˈra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.fuˈra/
Noun
κᾰφουρᾱ́ • (kăphourā́) f (genitive κᾰφουρᾶς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κᾰφουρᾱ́ hē kăphourā́ |
τὼ κᾰφουρᾱ́ tṑ kăphourā́ |
αἱ κᾰφουραί hai kăphouraí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κᾰφουρᾶς tês kăphourâs |
τοῖν κᾰφουραῖν toîn kăphouraîn |
τῶν κᾰφουρῶν tôn kăphourôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κᾰφουρᾷ tēî kăphourāî |
τοῖν κᾰφουραῖν toîn kăphouraîn |
ταῖς κᾰφουραῖς taîs kăphouraîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κᾰφουρᾱ́ν tḕn kăphourā́n |
τὼ κᾰφουρᾱ́ tṑ kăphourā́ |
τᾱ̀ς κᾰφουρᾱ́ς tā̀s kăphourā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰφουρᾱ́ kăphourā́ |
κᾰφουρᾱ́ kăphourā́ |
κᾰφουραί kăphouraí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- “καφουρά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press