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(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.
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 Sanskritकूप(kūpa, “leather oil vessel”) via Old Javanese.