kamfor

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Noun

kamfor (plural kamfor dem, quantified kamfor)

1. camphor

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from English camphor.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈkamfɔr]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈkæmfɐr]

Noun

kamfor m (uncountable)

1. camphor

Mutation

Mutation of kamfor

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
kamfor	gamfor	hamfor	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 Old Malay kapur.

Noun

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

1. camphor

   Synonym: kapur barus

   Synonym: kampêr (Indonesian)

Further reading

• "kamfor" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "kamfor" at PRPM first version)