menyampah

Indonesian

Etymology

From meng- +‎ sampah (“rubbish”). Not inherited from the identical Malay menyampah (“to loathe”).

Verb

menyampah

1. (intransitive, literally) to let something become rubbish
2. (transitive) to litter; to make something dirty

Related terms

• penyampahan (“process of turning sth into rubbish; littering”)

Further reading

• “menyampah” 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

FWOTD – 24 September 2022

Etymology

meN- +‎ sampah (“rubbish”)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Malaysian) IPA^(key): /mə.ɲam.pah/

Verb

menyampah (Jawi spelling مڽامڤه)

1. (intransitive) to loathe or hate upon

   Synonym: benci

   • 2013 May 21, Abd. Aziz Itar, “Tidak mahu orang menyampah”, in Utusan Malaysia‎^[1], archived from the original on 14 October 2018:

     "Bagi saya hubungan kami berjalan dengan baik dan tidak ada apa-apa yang hendak disorokkan. Sebabnya kalau lagi disorok sesuatu hubungan itu, saya takut nanti orang akan menyampah. Kenapa perlu berahsia kerana lambat laun orang akan tahu juga nanti," katanya lagi.

     "To me the relationship is going well and there is nothing to hide. Because if I were to continue to hide the relationship, I fear that people would hate (me). Why keep a secret when people would eventually know," he says.

2. (literary, intransitive) to feel disgusted or repelled upon (usually caused by unpleasant sight or smell)

   Synonyms: meluat, menjijikkan

   Guru besar berasa menyampah melihat bekas muridnya yang mempunyai rambut berwarna ganjil.

   The headmaster felt disgusted to see his former student with brightly colored hair.

3. (colloquial, intransitive) to disturb somebody

   Synonym: mengacau

4. (obsolete, intransitive) to resemble rubbish in appearance