gampang

Indonesian

FWOTD – 8 February 2024

Etymology

From Javanese ꦒꦩ꧀ꦥꦁ (gampang, “easy, easy-going”), from Old Javanese gampaṅ (“easy, easy-going, careless, unconcerned”), from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hampaŋ (“easy, promiscuous”). Doublet of ampang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡampaŋ/

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• Hyphenation: gam‧pang

Adjective

gampang

1. easy (requiring little skill or effort)

   Synonym: mudah

   Antonym: sukar

   • 2002, Goenawan Mohamad, Sekuler:

     Dengan gampang pula ada semangat untuk memurnikan diri, membersihkan dari segala campuran asing atau luar, semakin lama semakin keras, semakin lama semakin mengurung. Akhirnya: fundamentalisme.

     It is easy for a spirit to self-purify, to clean from all foreign or outside influences, the longer the tougher, the longer more isolated. Finally: fundamentalism.

2. unimportant

   Synonyms: enteng, remeh, sepele

Derived terms

• gampang-gampangan
• gampangan
• menggampangkan
• segampang

 

• anak gampang

 

Further reading

• “gampang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

gampang

1. Romanization of ꦒꦩ꧀ꦥꦁ

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦩ꧀ꦥꦁ (gampang), from Old Javanese gampaṅ (“easy, easy-going, careless, unconcerned”), from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hampaŋ (“easy, promiscuous”).

• The noun sense is an ellipsis of anak gampang (“bastard”, literally “easy child”).

Noun

gampang (Jawi spelling ݢمڤڠ, plural gampang-gampang, informal 1st possessive gampangku, 2nd possessive gampangmu, 3rd possessive gampangnya)

1. (chiefly Malaysia, derogatory) A bastard; a child born out of wedlock.

   Synonym: anak haram

Adjective

gampang (Jawi spelling ݢمڤڠ)

1. (chiefly Indonesia) Not difficult; easy.

Affixations

• gampang-gampangan
• gampangan
• gampangkan (“to make something easier”)

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: gampang
• → Min Nan: 公萬／公万 (kong-bān)

Further reading

• “gampang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Sundanese

Romanization

gampang

1. Romanization of ᮌᮙ᮪ᮕᮀ