καφουρά
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- καφούρα (kaphoúra)
Etymology
From Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr), via an Austronesian language such as Malay kapur from Sanskrit कर्पूर (karpūra). It is possible that the Sanskrit term was borrowed from Malay rather than vice versa.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.pʰoː.rǎː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.pʰuˈra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.ɸuˈra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.fuˈra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.fuˈra/
Noun
κᾰφουρᾱ́ • (kaphourā́) f (genitive κᾰφουρᾶς); first declension
- camphor (Cinnamomum camphora)
Declension
First declension of ἡ κᾰφουρᾱ́; τῆς κᾰφουρᾶς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κᾰφουρᾱ́ hē kaphourā́ | τὼ κᾰφουρᾱ́ tṑ kaphourā́ | αἱ κᾰφουραί hai kaphouraí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κᾰφουρᾶς tês kaphourâs | τοῖν κᾰφουραῖν toîn kaphouraîn | τῶν κᾰφουρῶν tôn kaphourôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κᾰφουρᾷ têi kaphourâi | κᾰφουραῖν kaphouraîn | ταῖς κᾰφουραῖς taîs kaphouraîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κᾰφουρᾱ́ν tḕn kaphourā́n | κᾰφουρᾱ́ kaphourā́ | τᾱ̀ς κᾰφουρᾱ́ς tā̀s kaphourā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | κᾰφουρᾱ́ kaphourā́ | κᾰφουρᾱ́ kaphourā́ | κᾰφουραί kaphouraí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Greek: καφουρά (kafourá)
Further reading
- καφουρά in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press