emperit

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ampeRij (“type of finch, rice bird”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əmpəret/

Noun

emperit (Jawi spelling no, plural emperit-emperit, informal 1st possessive emperitku, 2nd possessive emperitmu, 3rd possessive emperitnya)

1. (Jakarta) finch.

See also

• pipit

Further reading

• Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.