sampan

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæm.pæn/

From Sinitic, likely Cantonese 三板 (saam¹ baan²) or Hokkien 舢板 (sam-pán).

sampan (plural sampans)

1. (chiefly historical) A Chinese flat-bottomed wooden boat propelled by two oars.
   • 1953, John C. Caldwell, China Coast Family‎^[1], Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 96:

     We traveled down the Min River from Nanping in a small sampan, flying the American flag for protection against bandits and soldiers. Those were the days when the Stars and Stripes still afforded some protection.

   • 1975 November 16, L. Chen, “Maoist showcase of big troubles”, in Free China Weekly‎^[2], volume XVI, number 45, Taipei, page 3:

     Freedom-fighter Lin Chun-hwei reports his escape from the mainland at the Free China Relief Association. Lin escaped by sampan from Putien in Fukien province to one of the islets near Kinmen Oct. 27.

• champan, champana, champane

sampan (plural sampans)

1. (India, chiefly historical) Alternative form of jampan.
   • 1785, George Forster, Journey from Bengal..., page 3:

     ... by these central poles the litter, or as it is here called, the Sampan, is supported on the shoulders of four men.

• panams

• champan (archaic)

From Hokkien 舢板 (sam-pán).

• IPA^(key): /sɑmpɑn/

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• Hyphenation: sam‧pan

sampan f (plural sampans)

1. sampan (Chinese wooden boat)

sampan m (plural sampans)

1. sampan

• “sampan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Malay sampan, from Classical Malay سمڤن (sampan), from Hokkien 舢板 (sam-pán).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsampan/ [ˈsam.pan]
• Rhymes: -ampan
• Syllabification: sam‧pan

sampan (plural sampan-sampan)

1. sampan

• “sampan” 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 Classical Malay سمڤن (sampan), from Hokkien 舢板 (sam-pán).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsampan/ [ˈsam.pan]

sampan (Jawi spelling سمڤن, plural sampan-sampan)

1. sampan

   Sampan itu terbalik disebabkan ombak-ombak yang kuat.

   The boat capsized because of the strong waves.

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

From English sampan, from Sinitic, see the English entry.

sampan m (definite singular sampanen, indefinite plural sampaner, definite plural sampanene)

1. (nautical) a sampan
   • 2014, "Den tapte historien" by Kim Fay, Bazarforlag →ISBN [3]

     Mellom dem drev sampaner som så ut som de var kommet seilende fra et annet århundre.

     Between them went sampans that looked as though they were sailing in from another century.

• “sampan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “sampan” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From English sampan, from Sinitic, see the English entry.

sampan m (definite singular sampanen, indefinite plural sampanar, definite plural sampanane)

1. (nautical) a sampan

• “sampan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /samˈpan/ [sɐmˈpan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: sam‧pan

Borrowed from Spanish champán.

sampán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜉᜈ᜔)

1. champagne

Borrowed from Hokkien 舢板 (sam-pán).

sampán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜉᜈ᜔)

1. (nautical) sampan

From Indonesian sampan, from Classical Malay سمڤن (sampan), from Hokkien 舢板 (sam-pán).

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̪am.pan̪/

sampan

1. a sampan

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[4], Pacific linguistics