Old Javanese edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *empu. Cognate with Toba Batak ompu, Malay perempuan.

Noun edit

ĕmpu

  1. a distinguished person
  2. religious persons (brahmans and others)
  3. sir, master, lord
  4. the honorable or reverend

Alternative forms edit

Descendants edit

  • Javanese: ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦸ (empu)

Further reading edit

  • "ĕmpu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.