kapala

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.

kapala (plural kapalas)

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

• skullcup

From Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull”).

kapala

1. (anatomy) head

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈkapala]

kapala

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

kapala

1. obsolete spelling of kepala

kapala

1. romanization of ꦏꦥꦭ

kapala

1. head
2. leader; pioneer

kapala

1. head

• batokapala (“headstone”)

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

From Malay kepala.

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

kapala

1. head