tĕmpur

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *puh (“to slap, hit”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /təm.pur/
  • Rhymes: -pur
  • Hyphenation: tem‧pur

Verb

tĕmpur

  1. to knock against each other
  2. to clash and become one heap or mass

Derived terms
  • atĕmpur
  • atĕmpur cawĕt

Descendants
  • > Javanese: ꦠꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦸꦂ (tempur) (inherited)
    • → Indonesian: tempur

Further reading
  • "tĕmpur" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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