kacapuri
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of kaca (“glass”) + puri (“castle; palace”), ultimately from Old Javanese kacapuri (“part of a building; enclosing wall or fence”).
- Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦕꦥꦸꦫꦶ (kacapuri, “brick wall”).
- Borrowed from Sundanese [Term?]
- Learned borrowing from Old Javanese kacapuri (“part of a building; enclosing wall or fence”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.t͡ʃaˈpu.ri/, [ka.t͡ʃaˈpu.ri]
- Rhymes: -ri
- Hyphenation: ka‧ca‧pu‧ri
Noun
kacapuri (plural kacapuri-kacapuri)
- main house
- central palace
- (archaic) brick wall
- pink nail base
Further reading
- “kacapuri” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Romanization
kacapuri
- romanization of ꦏꦕꦥꦸꦫꦶ
Old Javanese
Etymology
Compound of kaca (“glass”) + puri, purī (“castle; palace”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.t͡ʃa.pu.ri/
- Rhymes: -ri
- Hyphenation: ka‧ca‧pu‧ri
Noun
kacapuri
Derived terms
- kinacapuri
- makacapuri
Descendants
- > Javanese: ꦏꦕꦥꦸꦫꦶ (kacapuri) (inherited)
- → Indonesian: kacapuri
- ⇒ Javanese: ꦕꦥꦸꦫꦶ (capuri), ꦕꦼꦥꦸꦫꦶ (cepuri)
Further reading
- "kacapuri" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.