kapal

kapal (plural kapals)

1. Alternative form of kappal (“ship”)

From Malay kapal, from Tamil கப்பல் (kappal, “ship, sailing vessel”).

kapal

1. ship (large water vessel)

kapal

1. Romanization of ᬓᬧᬮ᭄

• Hyphenation: ka‧pal

kapal

1. the yellow-tailed sergeant major (Abudefduf notatus)

• IPA^(key): [ˈkapal]

kapal

1. masculine singular past participle of kapat

• IPA^(key): /ka.pal/
• Rhymes: -apal, -pal, -al
• Hyphenation: ka‧pal

From Malay kapal (“ship”), from Classical Malay kapal (“decked ship”), from Tamil கப்பல் (kappal, “ship, sailing vessel”). Semantic loan from English ship (“relationship”).

kapal (first-person possessive kapalku, second-person possessive kapalmu, third-person possessive kapalnya)

1. ship:
   1. (literally) A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
   2. (chiefly in combination) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
   3. (slang, fandom slang) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, especially one explored in fan fiction.

From Malay kapal (“thickening skin”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kapal (“thick, as a plank”). Compare to Tagalog kapal (“thick”).

kapal (first-person possessive kapalku, second-person possessive kapalmu, third-person possessive kapalnya)

1. thickening skin; lichenification

• “kapal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
• kapal on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id

kapal

1. Romanization of ꦏꦥꦭ꧀

Borrowed from Tagalog kapal.

kapal

1. thick

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

kapal

1. ship

From Tamil கப்பல் (kappal, “ship, sailing vessel”).

• IPA^(key): /kapal/
• Rhymes: -apal, -pal, -al

kapal (Jawi spelling کاڤل‎, plural kapal-kapal, informal 1st possessive kapalku, 2nd possessive kapalmu, 3rd possessive kapalnya)

1. ship (large water vessel)

• Ambonese Malay: kapal
• Indonesian: kapal
  • → Balinese: ᬓᬧᬮ᭄ (kapal)
• → Alor: kapal
• → Balinese: ᬓᬧᬮ᭄ (kapal)
• → Buginese: ᨀᨄᨒ (kappala')
• → Chinese: 甲板[1]
• → Javanese: ꦏꦥꦭ꧀ (kapal)
• → Khmer: កប៉ាល់ (kaʼpal)
• → Maguindanao: kapal
• → Maranao: kapal
• → Sundanese: ᮊᮕᮜ᮪ (kapal)
• → Thai: กำปั่น (gam-bpàn)
  • → Lao: ກຳປັ່ນ (kam pan)
  • → Khmer: កងព័ន្ធ (kɑɑngpŏənthɔɔ) (possibly)

• “kapal” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Malay kapal

kapal

1. ship

   Synonyms: bapor, barko, mospil

2. boat

   Synonym: biday

3. vessel

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kapal. Compare Indonesian kapal, Malay kapal. The derogatory sense is an ellipsis of kapal ng mukha (“shamelessness; brazenness”).

kapál (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜎ᜔)

1. thickness

kapál (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜎ᜔)

1. thick

   Makapal ang tela ng damit kaya mainit ang pakiramdam kapag isinuot ito.

   The shirt's fabric is thick hence wearing it feels hot.

2. (colloquial, derogatory) too cocky to the point of criticizing bluntly.

   Ang kapal talaga ng hayop na yun!

   That pig is so full of himself!

Hypothetical. Probably an apocope from Malay kepala (“head, source (metaphorical)”), from Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “head”).

kapál (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜎ᜔)

1. figure; creation
2. cake out of bread; tart
3. lump made of wax

• “kapal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018