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kopi en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
From Baagandji kopi, gabi.
Meanings
(Australia, uncountable) 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.
They were made by taking a cast of woven cord, and covered in kopi, a white gypsum clay. 2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 152:
"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." 2010, Monte Dwyer, Red in the Centre: Through a Crooked Lens, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 104:
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).
Meanings
(Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, uncountable) Coffee as it is traditionally prepared and served in Maritime Southeast Asia.