Kapawu

This article is about a word in the Belter Creole language.

kapawu

Noun

kapawu

1. ship, spaceship

Etymology

From the Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) and Malay kapal "ship". (For a Belter, "ship" refers to a spaceship by default.)

Sources

• https://twitter.com/Nfarmerlinguist/status/698215193248010240
• https://twitter.com/Nfarmerlinguist/status/698215844162064384
• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kapal