gampang

From Javanese ꦒꦩ꧀ꦥꦁ (gampang, “easy, easy-going”), from Old Javanese gampaṅ (“easy, easy-going, careless, unconcerned”), from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hampaŋ (“easy, promiscuous”). Doublet of ampang.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡampaŋ/ [ˈɡam.paŋ]

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• Rhymes: -ampaŋ
• Syllabification: gam‧pang

gampang

1. easy (requiring little skill or effort)

   Synonym: mudah

   Antonym: sukar

   • 2002, Goenawan Mohamad, Sekuler:

     Dengan gampang pula ada semangat untuk memurnikan diri, membersihkan dari segala campuran asing atau luar, semakin lama semakin keras, semakin lama semakin mengurung. Akhirnya: fundamentalisme.

     It is easy for a spirit to self-purify, to clean from all foreign or outside influences, the longer the tougher, the longer more isolated. Finally: fundamentalism.

2. unimportant

   Synonyms: enteng, remeh, sepele

It's more commonly used in colloquial speech compared to mudah.

• “gampang” 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.

gampang

1. romanization of ꦒꦩ꧀ꦥꦁ

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦩ꧀ꦥꦁ (gampang), from Old Javanese gampaṅ (“easy, easy-going, careless, unconcerned”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡampaŋ/, [ˈɡam.paŋ]
• Hyphenation: gam‧paŋ

gampang (Lontara spelling ᨁᨄ)

1. easy

   Synonyms: lomo-lomo, lammoroʼ

   Antonym: sukkaraʼ

   Parakara anu gampang. ― An an easy thing.

   Antu nukaerokia anu gampangja.

   What you want there is very easy to achieve (it's just a small thing).

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦩ꧀ꦥꦁ (gampang), from Old Javanese gampaṅ (“easy, easy-going, careless, unconcerned”), from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hampaŋ (“easy, promiscuous”).

• The noun sense is an ellipsis of anak gampang (“bastard”, literally “easy child”).

gampang (Jawi spelling ݢمڤڠ, plural gampang-gampang)

1. (chiefly Malaysia, derogatory) A bastard; a child born out of wedlock.

   Synonym: anak haram

gampang (Jawi spelling ݢمڤڠ)

1. (chiefly Indonesia) Not difficult; easy.

• Indonesian: gampang
• → Min Nan: 公萬／公万 (kong-bān)

• “gampang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Javanese gampang. Doublet of hampang.

gampang (Sundanese script ᮌᮙ᮪ᮕᮀ)

1. easy