Where does “kapan” come from?
kapan (Malay) comes from Javanese ꦏꦥꦤ꧀, from Old Javanese kapan, from Swahili -apa.
kapan (Malay): when; shroud, white cloth to wrap the dead;...
Definitions
- when; shroud, white cloth to wrap the dead;...
Ancestry of “kapan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Javanese | ꦏꦥꦤ꧀ | — |
| 2 | Old Javanese | kapan | — |
| 3 | Swahili | -apa | — |
Words derived from “kapan”