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Indonesian

sampan

/ˈsampan/ · noun

Meaning

  1. sampan

Etymology / origin

From Malay sampan, from Classical Malay سمڤن (sampan), from either: * Hokkien 舢板 (sam-pán), or * Old Malay [script needed] (sāmvau). First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription as Old Malay [script needed] (sāmvau). #* 683, Kedukan Bukit Inscription: dua ratus cāra di sāmvau daṅan jālan sarivu tlu ratus sapulu dua vañakña dātaṃ di mukha upaṃ as many as two-hundred in dugouts, with one-thousand, three hundred and twelve foot soldiers.

  1. 舢板(nan-hbl)→
  2. سمڤن(ms-cla)→
  3. sampan(Malay)→
  4. sampan (Indonesian)
  5. Relations: inh, inh, der

Related words

sampan(Malay)سمڤن(ms-cla)舢板(nan-hbl)sampan(West Makian)

Descendant words

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