sempit

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay سمڤيت (sempit).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səmˈpit/ [səmˈpɪt̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification: sem‧pit

Adjective

sempit (superlative tersempit)

  1. narrow
    Antonym: lebar
  2. tight
    Synonym: ketat
  3. (figurative) limited (of access, right, etc.)
    Synonym: terbatas
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      Sekretaris Jenderal Pengurus Besar Persatuan Dokter Gigi Indonesia (PDGI), drg Diono Susilo, menjelaskan perbedaan kewenangan tukang gigi yang lebih sempit dibandingkan dengan dokter gigi.
      Secretary General of the Executive Board of the Indonesian Dentists Association (PDGI), Diono Susilo, explained that the differences in the more limited competences of tooth experts compared to dentists.
Conjugation
Conjugation of sempit (meng-, transitive)
root sempit
active passive basic
imperative
emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative menyempit
accusative / dative / locative menyempiti tersempiti disempiti sempiti sempitilah
perfective causative / applicative2 menyempitkan tersempitkan disempitkan sempitkan sempitkanlah
causative
nominative mempersempit dipersempit persempit persempitlah
accusative / dative / locative mempersempiti dipersempiti persempiti persempitilah
perfective causative / applicative2 mempersempitkan dipersempitkan persempitkan persempitkanlah

1 There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms
  • bersempit-sempit
  • bersempit-sempitan
  • kesempitan
  • mempersempit
  • menyempit
  • menyempitkan
  • pemersempit
  • penyempit
  • penyempitan
  • persempitan
  • sempit-sempitan
  • sempitan
  • tersempit
  • sempit akal
  • sempit alam
  • sempit dada
  • sempit hati
  • sempit kalang
  • sempit kening

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Lawangan [Term?] (Benuaq dialect).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səmˈpit/ [səmˈpɪt̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification: sem‧pit

Verb

sempit

  1. to jump from branch to branch

Adjective

sempit (superlative tersempit)

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