"Kepala besar!"

Translation: Big head!

[JamesTWils]

Does this have an idiomatic meaning in Indonesian, or are we taunting people with large heads?

[1CN5ijzC]

if it's "Besar Kepala", it can mean arrogant, but "kepala besar" doesn't really have any meaning beside literal i guess

[tsuj1g1r1]

I was wondering why this sounded so similar to Greek cephale when Dutch hoofd was (while etymologically related) significantly different in pronunciation. But apparently, while this is indeed an Indo-European loan, it's actually originally Sanskrit.

[hectorlqr]

From Wiktionary:

From Malay kepala, from Classical Malay: کڤالا‎ (kepala), from Pali kapāla, from Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan kapā́las, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kapā́las, from Proto-Indo-European *káp-ōl (“head, bowl”).

[hectorlqr]

I looked up the etymology because it sounded very Indo-European to me (Spanish "cabeza", Latin "capita").

[Henk223493]

Why not: " a big head" ???? Why is this wrong???