ampu

From ampua (“to shoot, detonate”), either ampua +‎ -u or as a back-formation.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑmpu/, [ˈɑ̝mpu]
• Rhymes: -ɑmpu
• Syllabification^(key): am‧pu
• Hyphenation^(key): am‧pu

ampu (informal)

1. blast, detonation, explosion

   Synonyms: paukku, räjähdys, räjäytys

   Ampu tulee!

   Fire in the hole!

   Kaikki räjäytykset videoidaan useammalla suurnopeuskameralla, ja ampujen analysointi on auttanut kehittämään räjäytystekniikkaa.

   All blastings are recorded with multiple high-speed video cameras, and the analysis of the detonations has helped in improving the blasting techniques.

Not usually inflected.

• “ampu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• IPA^(key): /ˈam.pu/
• Rhymes: -pu, -u
• Hyphenation: am‧pu

Inherited from Malay ampu (“to support”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əmpu. Doublet of empu.

ampu

1. (dated) to support

   Synonyms: sangga, sokong

2. (law) to legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis) or an incompetent person

   Synonym: wali

3. to teach a subject (mainly higher education institution subject)

   Synonym: ajar

4. (dated) to rule, to govern

ampu (plural ampu-ampu)

1. (rare) alternative form of empu

Borrowed from Buginese [Term?]

ampu (plural ampu-ampu)

1. animal barrier from tops of coconut leaves

• “ampu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

ampu

1. romanization of ꦲꦩ꧀ꦥꦸ

• IPA^(key): /ˈam.pu/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: am‧pu

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əmpu. Doublet of empu.

ampu (Jawi spelling امڤو)

1. to hold something by the palms upwards
2. to uphold, to support

   Synonyms: sangga, sokong

3. to flatter

ampu (Jawi spelling امڤو, plural ampu-ampu)

1. flattery
2. alternative form of empu

Borrowed from Buginese [Term?]

ampu (plural ampu-ampu)

1. animal barrier from tops of coconut leaves.

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “امڤو ampoe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, pages 14-5
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “امڤو ampu”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 39
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “ampu”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 26

• “ampu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *empu. Cognate with Toba Batak ompu, Malay perempuan.

ampu

1. a distinguished person
2. religious persons (brahmans and others)
3. sir, master, lord
4. the honorable or reverend

• pu
• mpu
• ĕmpu

• > Javanese: ꦲꦩ꧀ꦥꦸ (ampu) (inherited)

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