ကပ္ပလီ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel; unbeliever”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ကပပ'လီ
• IPA^(key): /kaʔpəlì/
• Romanization: MLCTS: kappa.li • ALA-LC: kappalī • BGN/PCGN: katpăli • Okell: kaʔpăli

Noun

ကပ္ပလီ • (kappa.li) (classifier ယောက် or ဦး)

1. Negro, black person

Derived terms

• ကပ္ပလီပင်လယ် (kappa.lipanglai, “Andaman Sea”)