mampus
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Origin unknown.
Noun edit
mampus
- (British dialect, Dorset) A large number.
- Synonyms: shedload; see also Thesaurus:lot
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter III, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume I, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC, phase the first (The Maiden), page 33:
- No doubt a mampus of folk of our own rank will be down here in their carriages as soon as 'tis known.
Etymology 2 edit
Malay mampus (“to die, to perish, to be wiped out”).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mampus (not comparable)
- (Singapore, informal) finished, wiped out, kaput.
- 1985, The Straits Times [newspaper]
- "Oh, my wife is such a shrew. No wonder I can't stay with her!" Mampus, you're finished!
- 1998, unknown author, Singapore Business, page 123:
- Luckily, there were not in US dollars. If they were, mampus.
- 2008 June 29, Khairul Neezam, “khaaaa-zaaam!”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], archived from the original on 7 February 2013:
- Advertlets? 2 months still haven’t received?!?!?! OMG. I just cashed out mine like last week. MAMPUS. Like this December then get?
- 2009, Muhammad Norsina Zalin, My Name is Sina: Hi… , [blog]
- Don't be [surprise] if I am using "Sure mampus", [s]o lembap or etc in this blog..
- 2010, Dream Academy, [advertisement]
- “Mampus! The recipe was in my family for seven generations! Now my unborn grandchildren will never get to enjoy this sedap dish with their multi-racial friends.”
- 2013, William Gwee Thian Hock, A Baba Boyhood: Growing Up During World War 2, page 205 [book]
- “Mampus lah. How can immature females be allowed to choose their own life partner?”
- 1985, The Straits Times [newspaper]
Usage notes edit
Commonly used in a joking manner to refer to oneself when in trouble, or as a form of curse to someone else.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay mampus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qa(m)pus (“come to an end, be destroyed”). Doublet of hapus. Compare Sundanese apus (“easily go out, extinguished (fire)”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mampus
Further reading edit
- “mampus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qa(m)pus (“come to an end, be destroyed”). Doublet of hapus. Compare Sundanese apus (“easily go out, extinguished (fire)”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mampus (Jawi spelling ممڤوس)
See also edit
- nak mampus (“very, extremely”)
Further reading edit
- “mampus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Austronesian Comparative Dictionary