kopi

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

English

Etymology 1

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. [from 19th c.]
   • 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.

Etymology 2

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Kopi (drink)

Wikipedia

From Malay kopi (“coffee”), from Dutch koffie with further influence of English coffee. Compare Hokkien 咖啡 (ko-pi / ko-phi), Teochew 咖啡 (go¹ bi⁵ / gu¹ bi⁵), Cantonese 咖啡 (go³ bi¹).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊpi/
• (Singapore, Malaysia) IPA^(key): [ˈk˭op˭i], [ˈk˭ɔ-], (approximating Hokkien) [ˈk˭o˧.p˭i˦]

Noun

kopi (uncountable)

1. (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore) Coffee as it is traditionally prepared and served in Maritime Southeast Asia.

Derived terms

• kopi auntie
• kopi aunty
• kopi luwak
• kopi money
• kopitiam

Related terms

• C
• di lo
• gah dai
• gau
• kosong
• O
• peng
• po
• siew dai

Balinese

Etymology

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

Noun

kopi (Balinese script ᬓᭀᬧᬶ)

1. (kasar) coffee

Danish

Etymology

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

Noun

kopi c (singular definite kopien, plural indefinite kopier)

1. copy

Inflection

Declension of kopi

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kopi	kopien	kopier	kopierne
genitive	kopis	kopiens	kopiers	kopiernes

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkopi/ [ˈko.pi]
• Rhymes: -opi
• Syllabification: ko‧pi

Etymology 1

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

Noun

kopi (countable and uncountable, plural kopi-kopi)

1. coffee (a beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water)
2. (countable) coffe (the seeds of the plant or the powder from used to make coffee)

Derived terms

• mengopi
• pengopi
• perkopian

• kopi andelan
• kopi arab
• kopi arabika
• kopi arang
• kopi beras
• kopi betina
• kopi bubuk
• kopi dadak
• kopi dalgona
• kopi darat
• kopi daun
• kopi degan
• kopi ekselsa
• kopi gelondong
• kopi instan
• kopi jahe
• kopi jantan
• kopi jawa
• kopi jos
• kopi keras
• kopi lanang
• kopi liberika
• kopi luak
• kopi madu
• kopi pahit
• kopi pekat
• kopi robusta
• kopi suling
• kopi susu
• kopi tubruk

Etymology 2

• From Dutch kopie, from French copie, from Medieval Latin copia (“reproduction, transcript”), from Latin cōpia (“plenty, abundance”), from *coopia, from co- (“together”) + ops (“wealth, riches”).
• From Dutch kopij (“manuscript”), variant of kopie, see above.

Noun

kopi (plural kopi-kopi)

1. copy (result of copying; an identical duplication)

   Synonym: salinan

2. (photography) copied image
3. copy (printed edition)

   Synonym: eksemplar

4. manuscript

   Synonyms: manuskrip, naskah

Verb

kopi (active mengopi, passive dikopi)

1. to copy (to produce something identical)

   Synonym: salin

Derived terms

• kopian
• pengopian
• terkopi

• kopi cetak
• kopi karbon
• kopi karbon buta
• kopi lunak

• fotokopi

Further reading

• “kopi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Lindu

Noun

kopi

1. coffee

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔpʲi/

Noun

kopi

1. nominative/accusative dual of kopje

Maia

Etymology

From English coffee.

Noun

kopi

1. coffee