kapur

Etymology
, from, from , from. .

The initial k- is unexplained (expected reflex is *hapur) and may indicate an alternate byform according to Blust and Trussel.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) lime
 * 2) chalk
 * 3) a soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO3)
 * 4) a piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO$4$), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard)

Verb

 * 1)  to whitewash

Etymology
From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. The initial k- is unexplained (expected reflex is *hapur) and may indicate an alternate byform according to Blust and Trussel.

Compare the Austroasiatic loanwords: 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 > 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), as well as 🇨🇬.

Mayrhofer explains the anlaut variation observed in the descendants by the Austronesian prefix-variation :  :.

Noun

 * 1) lime calcium oxide, quicklime