rempah

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay rempah.

Noun

rempah (countable and uncountable, plural rempahs)

  1. (Singapore, Malaysia) A paste of ground herbs and spices.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Verb

rêmpah (active merempah, passive dirempah)

  1. (chiefly dialectal) to run and trample (plants and so on)
  2. (archaic) to explore; to wander
  3. (archaic) to weed (remove)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay rempah, from Old Javanese rĕmpah (“a kind of dish”).

Noun

rêmpah (plural rempah-rempah)

  1. spice

Verb

rêmpah (active merempah, passive dirempah)

  1. to spice
Derived terms
  • rempah ratus (“various spices”)

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rəm.pah/
  • Rhymes: -ah

Noun

rempah (Jawi spelling رمڤه, plural rempah-rempah or rempah-ratus)

  1. spice

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • perempah [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • rempahi [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
  • merempah [agent focus] (meN-)
  • merempahi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
  • merempah-rempahi [reduplication + agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (redup + meN- + -i)
  • dirempah [patient focus] (di-)
  • dirempahi [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
  • berempah [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: rempah
  • → Tausug: lampa

Further reading

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