Kolpos excess fabric was pulled up over it. The fabric fell over the girdle so as to hide it, and was often pulled longer in back than in front. This fold was the kolpos. A second (visible) zone could be tied over the kolpos to redefine the waist, high or low. This might be hidden again by the apoptygma, the loose, folded down top of the peplos. Kolpos The kolpos (Greek: κόλποις κόλπον κόλπῳ, a gulf, bay or creek) is the "blousing" of a peplos, chiton or tunic in Ancient Greek clothing, whereby excess length of the material hangs folded over
Kaffir (racial term) Lankan Kaffirs do not consider the term offensive. "Kaffir" is derived from the Arabic word (Arabic: "kāfir") that is usually translated into English as "disbeliever" or "non-believer", i.e. a non-Muslim or "one without religion". The word was originally applied to non-Muslims in general, and therefore to non Muslim black peoples encountered along the Swahili coast by Arab traders. The Portuguese who arrived on the East African coast in 1498, encountered the usage of the term by the coastal Arabs, but not the Swahili who used the term "Washenzi" (meaning "uncivilized") to describe the non-Islamic people of the African interior. The