kacapuri

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of kaca (“glass”) +‎ puri (“castle; palace”), ultimately from Old Javanese kacapuri (“part of a building; enclosing wall or fence”).

• Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦕꦥꦸꦫꦶ (kacapuri, “brick wall”).
• Borrowed from Sundanese [Term?]
• Learned borrowing from Old Javanese kacapuri (“part of a building; enclosing wall or fence”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.t͡ʃaˈpu.ri/, [ka.t͡ʃaˈpu.ri]
• Rhymes: -ri
• Hyphenation: ka‧ca‧pu‧ri

Noun

kacapuri (plural kacapuri-kacapuri)

1. main house
2. central palace
3. (archaic) brick wall
4. pink nail base

Further reading

• “kacapuri” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

kacapuri

1. Romanization of ꦏꦕꦥꦸꦫꦶ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Compound of kaca (“glass”) +‎ puri, purī (“castle; palace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.t͡ʃa.pu.ri/
• Rhymes: -ri
• Hyphenation: ka‧ca‧pu‧ri

Noun

kacapuri

1. part of a building
2. enclosing wall or fence

Derived terms

• kinacapuri
• makacapuri

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦏꦕꦥꦸꦫꦶ (kacapuri) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: kacapuri
• ⇒ Javanese: ꦕꦥꦸꦫꦶ (capuri), ꦕꦼꦥꦸꦫꦶ (cepuri)

Further reading

• "kacapuri" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.