kopi

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See also: kopí, köpi, kopī, kōpī, and kɔpɩ

English

Etymology

From Baagandji kopi, gabi.

Noun

kopi (uncountable)

  1. (Australia) A variety of gypsum found in southern Australia, sometimes containing opal, and traditionally used by Indigenous Australian in powdered form as body ornamentation for mourning ceremonies.
    • 2010, Monte Dwyer, Red in the Centre: Through a Crooked Lens, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 104:
      "In these parts you find kopi, gypsum I think you call it, and you see it in layers exposed on the sides of certain hills."
    • 2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 152:
      They were made by taking a cast of woven cord, and covered in kopi, a white gypsum clay.

See also

Danish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin copia (copy), from Latin cōpia (supply).

Noun

kopi c (singular definite kopien, plural indefinite kopier)

  1. copy

Inflection

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Malay kopi, from Dutch koffie, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, coffee). Doublet of kafe.

Noun

kopi (plural kopi-kopi)

  1. coffee:
    1. (uncountable) A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
    2. (countable) A serving of this beverage.
    3. (countable) The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, misnamed ‘beans’ due to their shape.
    4. (uncountable) The powder made by roasting and grinding the seeds.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

kopi (plural kopi-kopi)

  1. copy (result of copying; an identical duplication)
    Synonyms: salinan, tindasan, tembusan, turunan
  2. (photography) image
  3. copy (printed edition).
    Synonym: eksemplar
  4. manuscript.
    Synonyms: manuskrip, naskah

Verb

kopi

  1. (informal) to copy (produce something identical)

Derived terms

Further reading

Lindu

Noun

kopi

  1. coffee

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Noun

kopi

  1. nominative/accusative dual of kopje

Maia

Etymology

From English.

Noun

kopi

  1. coffee

Malay

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch koffie, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, coffee). Doublet of kafe and kahwa.

Noun

kopi (Jawi spelling کوڤي, plural kopi-kopi, informal 1st possessive kopiku, 2nd possessive kopimu, 3rd possessive kopinya)

  1. coffee (beverage)
  2. coffee (plant)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Indonesian: kopi
  • Cantonese: 咖啡 (go3 bi1)
  • Min Nan: 咖啡 (ko-pi, ko-phi); 高丕, 戈丕 (obsolete)

References

  • Kwik Khing Djoen (1923) Kitab Vortaro: Segala Perkatahan-Perkatahan Asing Jang Soeda Oemoem Di Goena Ken Di Dalem Soerat-Soerat Kabar Melayoe, Batavia: Sin Po, page 175
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کوڤي kopi”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 548
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kopi”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 611

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit कूप (kūpa, leather oil vessel) via Old Javanese.

Noun

kopi (plural kopi-kopi, informal 1st possessive kopiku, 2nd possessive kopimu, 3rd possessive kopinya)

  1. (East Coast Peninsular) Alternative form of kupi, tin can

Further reading

Ngarrindjeri

Alternative forms

  • ko:pi

Noun

kopi

  1. nose.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Medieval Latin copia.

Noun

kopi m (definite singular kopien, indefinite plural kopier, definite plural kopiene)

  1. a copy

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin copia.

Noun

kopi m (definite singular kopien, indefinite plural kopiar, definite plural kopiane)

  1. a copy

Derived terms

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.pi/
  • Rhymes: -ɔpi
  • Syllabification: ko‧pi

Verb

kopi

  1. third-person singular present of kopić

Sundanese

Romanization

kopi

  1. Romanization of ᮊᮧᮕᮤ

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English copy.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

kopi class IX (plural kopi class X)

  1. a copy (duplicate)
    Synonym: nakala

Verb

-kopi (infinitive kukopi)

  1. to make a copy of something
    Synonym: nakili

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kopi
Positive present -nakopi
Subjunctive -kopi
Negative -kopi
Imperative singular kopi
Infinitives
Positive kukopi
Negative kutokopi
Imperatives
Singular kopi
Plural kopini
Tensed forms
Habitual hukopi
Positive past positive subject concord + -likopi
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukopi
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakopi)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakopi/nakopi tunakopi
2nd person unakopi mnakopi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakopi wanakopi
other classes positive subject concord + -nakopi
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kopi)
Singular Plural
1st person sikopi hatukopi
2nd person hukopi hamkopi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakopi hawakopi
other classes negative subject concord + -kopi
Positive future positive subject concord + -takopi
Negative future negative subject concord + -takopi
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kopi)
Singular Plural
1st person nikopi tukopi
2nd person ukopi mkopi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akopi wakopi
other classes positive subject concord + -kopi
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikopi
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekopi
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekopi
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikopi
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikopi
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akopi)
Singular Plural
1st person nakopi twakopi
2nd person wakopi mwakopi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akopi wakopi
m-mi(III/IV) wakopi yakopi
ji-ma(V/VI) lakopi yakopi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakopi vyakopi
n(IX/X) yakopi zakopi
u(XI) wakopi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakopi
pa(XVI) pakopi
mu(XVIII) mwakopi
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekopi
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakopi
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakopi
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikopi
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokopi
Consecutive kakopi / positive subject concord + -kakopi
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakopi
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikopi -tukopi
2nd person -kukopi -wakopi/-kukopini/-wakopini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkopi -wakopi
m-mi(III/IV) -ukopi -ikopi
ji-ma(V/VI) -likopi -yakopi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikopi -vikopi
n(IX/X) -ikopi -zikopi
u(XI) -ukopi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukopi
pa(XVI) -pakopi
mu(XVIII) -mukopi
Reflexive -jikopi
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kopi- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kopiye -kopio
m-mi(III/IV) -kopio -kopiyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kopilo -kopiyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kopicho -kopivyo
n(IX/X) -kopiyo -kopizo
u(XI) -kopio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopiko
pa(XVI) -kopipo
mu(XVIII) -kopimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kopi)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekopi -okopi
m-mi(III/IV) -okopi -yokopi
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokopi -yokopi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokopi -vyokopi
n(IX/X) -yokopi -zokopi
u(XI) -okopi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokopi
pa(XVI) -pokopi
mu(XVIII) -mokopi
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English coffee.

Noun

kopi

  1. coffee (plant)
  2. coffee (beverage)