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

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.pʰuː.rǎː/ → /ka.ɸuˈra/ → /ka.fuˈra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.pʰuː.rǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.pʰuˈra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.ɸuˈra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.fuˈra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.fuˈra/

Noun

κᾰφουρᾱ́ • (kăphourā́) f (genitive κᾰφουρᾶς); first declension

1. camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora)

Declension

First declension of ἡ κᾰφουρᾱ́; τῆς κᾰφουρᾶς (Attic)

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 têi kăphourâi	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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: καφουρά (kafourá)
• → Latin: caphūra

Further reading

• “καφουρά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press