kapāla

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull, cranium; bowl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kapala/
• Hyphenation: ka‧pa‧la

Noun

kapāla

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

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦏꦥꦭ (kapala), ꦏꦼꦥꦭ (kepala)
• → Balinese: ᬓᭂᬧᬮ (kepala)
• → Banjarese: kapala
• → Classical Malay: کڤالا (kepala)
  • Malay: کڤالا (kepala)
    • Indonesian: kepala
• → Lindu: kapala
• → Maranao: kapala
• → Tausug: kapāla