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kapur.

lime (any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime))

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkapur/Standard-Indonesian[ˈka.pʊr]Standard-Indonesian

  1. lime (any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime))

  2. chalk a soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃)

  3. chalk a piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO₄), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard)

  4. Cretaceous (geologic period within the Mesozoic)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay kapur, from Proto-Malayic *kapur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qapuʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qapuʀ (“lime, calcium”). Doublet of kamper. The initial k- is unexplained (expected reflex is *hapur) and may indicate an alternate byform *kapuʀ according to Blust and Trussel. Cognates Cognate with Tagalog apog (“lime”), Tsou hapuyu (“lime”), and Eastern Cham ꨆꨚꨭꨩ (kapū). First attested in Quran surah Al-Insan (Chapter 76) verse 5, c. 628 AD, as a loanword in Classical Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr). #* c. 625–628 AD/4–7 AH, Quran surah Al-Insan verse 5: اِنَّ الۡاَبۡرَارَ يَشۡرَبُوۡنَ مِنۡ كَاۡسٍ كَانَ مِزَاجُهَا كَافُوۡرًا (٥) inna l-abrāra yašrabuwna min kāsin kāna mizājuhā kāfuwran- (5) (5) Indeed, the virtuous will have a drink of pure wine flavoured with camphor.

verb/ˈkapur/Standard-Indonesian[ˈka.pʊr]Standard-Indonesian

  1. to whitewash (to paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence)

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Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay kapur, from Proto-Malayic *kapur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qapuʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qapuʀ (“lime, calcium”). Doublet of kamper. The initial k- is unexplained (expected reflex is *hapur) and may indicate an alternate byform *kapuʀ according to Blust and Trussel. Cognates Cognate with Tagalog apog (“lime”), Tsou hapuyu (“lime”), and Eastern Cham ꨆꨚꨭꨩ (kapū). First attested in Quran surah Al-Insan (Chapter 76) verse 5, c. 628 AD, as a loanword in Classical Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr). #* c. 625–628 AD/4–7 AH, Quran surah Al-Insan verse 5: اِنَّ الۡاَبۡرَارَ يَشۡرَبُوۡنَ مِنۡ كَاۡسٍ كَانَ مِزَاجُهَا كَافُوۡرًا (٥) inna l-abrāra yašrabuwna min kāsin kāna mizājuhā kāfuwran- (5) (5) Indeed, the virtuous will have a drink of pure wine flavoured with camphor.

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