kampas

See also: Kampas and kampās

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch canvas. Doublet of kanabis and kanvas.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈkampas/ [ˈkam.pas]
  • Rhymes: -ampas
  • Syllabification: kam‧pas

Noun

kampas (plural kampas-kampas)

  1. canvas, a type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents

Further reading

Lithuanian

Etymology

Per Derksen, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kamptas (whence also Proto-Slavic *kǫ̃tъ (corner)), from Proto-Indo-European *kamp- (to bend, be crooked). Cognate with Latin campus, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌼𐍆𐍃 (hamfs).[1] Also compare Proto-Celtic *kantos (corner), Ancient Greek καμψός (kampsós, crooked, bent).

The sense “piece, crumb” may be a separate word borrowed from Germanic: compare dialectal German Kampen (hunch of bread).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɐmpɐs/

Noun

kam̃pas m (plural kampai̇̃) stress pattern 4

  1. corner[2]
  2. (mathematics) angle[2]
  3. shelter
  4. (bread)crumb

Declension

Declension of kam̃pas
singular
(vienaskaita)
plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) kam̃pas kampai̇̃
genitive (kilmininkas) kam̃po kampų̃
dative (naudininkas) kam̃pui kampáms
accusative (galininkas) kam̃pą kampùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) kampù kampai̇̃s
locative (vietininkas) kampè kampuosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) kam̃pe kampai̇̃

Synonyms

Derived terms

(Nouns)

  • trikampis m
  • bukasis kampas
  • smailusis kampas
  • statusis kampas

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2015) “kampas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 224
  2. 2.0 2.1 “kampas” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

Further reading

  • kampas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012