kepala

From Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull”).

• IPA^(key): /kə.pa.la/

kepala

1. (anatomy) head (part of the body)

• kepala rumah
• kepalai
• sekepala

From Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull”).

• IPA^(key): /kə.pa.laʔ/

kepala

1. (anatomy) head (part of the body)
2. (figurative) leader, chief, head

From Malay kepala, from Classical Malay: کڤالا (kepala), from Pali kapāla, from Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kapā́las, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapā́las, from Proto-Indo-European *káp-ōl (“head, bowl”). Doublet of kopra.

• Sense of leader and chief is a semantic loan from Dutch hoofd via Malay.
• The computing sense is a semantic loan from English head.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəˈpala/ [kəˈpa.la]

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• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: ke‧pa‧la

kepala (plural kepala-kepala)

1. (anatomy) head: the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs

   Synonyms: hulu, tendas, jemala

2. (figurative) leader, chief, head

   Synonyms: ketua, pemimpin

   Kepala suku ― Tribal chief

   Kepala sekolah ― Head teacher (lit. "head of school")

   Synonyms: bas, bos

3. (computing) head: part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data

• “kepala” 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.

kepala

1. romanization of ꦏꦼꦥꦭ

From Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull”). Main anatomy sense mostly displaced native word hulu except in court language.

• Sense of leader and chief is a semantic loan from Dutch hoofd, compare with penghulu.
• The computing sense is a semantic loan from English head.

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /kəpalə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /kəpala/
• Rhymes: -alə, -lə, -ə
• Rhymes: -a

kĕpala (Jawi spelling کڤالا, plural kepala-kepala)

1. (anatomy) head (part of the body)

   Synonyms: hulu, tendas, jemala

2. top part or layer of something

   Synonym: hulu

   kepala kain: front broad stripe found in some sarong patterns

   kepala susu: cream of milk

   kepala santan: coconut cream

   kepala surat: letterhead

   kepala berita: headline

   kepala lutut: kneecap, patella

3. (figurative) leader, chief, head

   Synonyms: ketua, pemimpin

   Kepala suku ― Tribal chief

   Kepala sekolah ― Head teacher (lit. "head of school")

4. source

   Synonyms: punca, sumber

5. (computing) head: part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.

• Edi Sedyawati, Ellya Iswati, Kusparyati Boedhijono, Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994) Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, page 96
• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کڤال kapala”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek‎^[1], John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 83
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کڤال kĕpala”, in A Malay-English dictionary‎^[2], Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 521
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kĕpala”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised)‎^[3], volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 561

• “kepala” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

kepala

1. head