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kepala.

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

6 characters3 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/kəˈpala/Standard-Indonesian[kəˈpa.la]Standard-Indonesian
  1. head: the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs

  2. leader, chief, head

    figuratively
    Kepala suku
    Kepala sekolah
  3. head: part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data

  4. short for kepala surat

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Where this word comes from

From Malay kepala, from Classical Malay کڤالا (kepala), from Old Malay [script needed] (kapala), from Pali kapāla, from Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kapā́las, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapā́las, from Proto-Indo-European *káp-ōl (“head, bowl”). Doublet of kopra. * Sense of leader and chief is a semantic loan from Dutch hoofd via Malay. * The computing sense is a semantic loan from English head. Displaced native hulu, empu, and ulu.

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