alkampor

Borrowed from Spanish alcanfor, from Andalusian Arabic الكافور (al-kafúr), from Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr), from Austronesian, likely Malay kapur. Doublet of apog and kapol.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalkamˈpoɾ/ [ʔɐl.kɐmˈpoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: al‧kam‧por

alkampór (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜇ᜔)

1. camphor
2. camphorwood
3. (colloquial) naphthalene balls

   Synonym: naptalina

• Camphor is sometimes mistaken to be naphthalene; hence, the colloquial usage.

• “alkampor”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “alkampor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 22