sampir

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sampir (“upper part of kris sheath”), from Javanese ꦱꦩ꧀ꦥꦶꦂ (sampir, “scarf-like cloth worn over the shoulder; shoulder”), from Old Javanese sampir (“scarf, shawl”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sampir (“a type of head cloth”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsampɪr/
  • Hyphenation: sam‧pir

Noun

sampir (plural sampir-sampir)

  1. the upper part of kris sheath

Verb

sampir

  1. base of menyampirkan (“to hang”)

Derived terms

  • bersampiran
  • menyampirkan
  • sampiran
  • tersampir

Further reading

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