ꦏꦼꦥꦭ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese kapāla (“skull, upper part of the head”), from Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull, cranium; bowl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kə.pɔ.lɔ/
• Hyphenation: ka‧pa‧la

Noun

ꦏꦼꦥꦭ (kepala)

1. chief, head
2. supervisor
3. (literary) head: the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs.

Alternative forms

• ꦏꦥꦭ (kapala)

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “kepala”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN