mapala

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /maˈpala/ [maˈpa.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: ma‧pa‧la

mapala (plural mapala-mapala or para mapala)

1. syllabic abbreviation of mahasiswa pencinta alam (literally “nature-loving students”)

• “mapala”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Hebrew מפלה (mapalá).

mapala f

1. ruin
2. misfortune
3. disaster

• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977), “mapalá”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 346