English
klapper
Klapper may come from Malay kelapa ‘coconut’.
- Malaymodernkelapa‘coconut’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1939klapper
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
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- Malaymodernkelapa‘coconut’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1939klapper
Earliest quotation: 1939, Eugène Marais: “Wild peaches, sour klappers (unknown in the south) medlers,…”
Every English word from Malay kelapa
Today it means
noun The Natal orange. (Strychnos spinosa)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Malay kelapa / klapper