kampor

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English camphor, from Old French camphore or Medieval Latin camphora, from Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr), from Austronesian, likely Malay kapur. Doublet of alkampor, apog, and kapol.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkampoɾ/ [ˈkam.poɾ]
  • Rhymes: -ampoɾ
  • Syllabification: kam‧por

Noun

kampor (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. camphor
    Synonym: alkampor

Further reading

  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 241
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