Compound ofkepala(“head”) +‎batu(“stone”), fromMalaykepala batu. CompareJapanese石頭(いしあたま)(ishiatama,“stubbornness and inflexibility”, literally“stone head”).

• (Standard Indonesian)IPA^(key): /kəˌpala ˈbatu/[kəˌpa.la ˈba.t̪u]
• Rhymes:-atu
• Syllabification:ke‧pa‧la ba‧tu

kepalabatu (comparativelebih kepala batu,superlativepaling kepala batu)

1. stubborn;hardheaded

   Synonyms:keras hati,keras kepala,tegar hati,tegar tengkuk

• “kepala batu”, inKamus 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

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