kamfor

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Noun

kamfor (plural kamfor dem, quantified kamfor)

  1. camphor

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from English camphor.

Pronunciation

Noun

kamfor m (uncountable)

  1. camphor

Mutation

Mutation of kamfor
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
kamfor gamfor hamfor unchanged unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • “kamfor” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.
  • Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (in Cornish), 2018, published 2018, page 88

Malay

Etymology

From English camphor, from Middle French champore, from Old French camphore, from Medieval Latin camphora, from Ancient Greek καμφορά (kamphorá), from Old Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr), from Middle Persian 𐭪𐭠𐭯𐭥𐭫 (kʾp̄wl /⁠kāpūr⁠/), from Sanskrit कर्पूर (karpūra), from Pali kappūra, from Old Malay [script needed] (kapur), from Proto-Malayic *kapur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qapur from Proto-Austronesian *qapur. Reborrowed from Malay kapur.

Noun

kamfor (Jawi spelling کمفور, plural kamfor-kamfor or kamfor2)

  1. camphor
    Synonym: kapur barus
    Synonym: kampêr (Indonesian)

Further reading

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