rempah

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rəmˈpah/, [rəmˈpah]
• Rhymes: -pah
• Hyphenation: rêm‧pah

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

rêmpah

1. to run and trample (plants and so on)
2. (archaic) to explore; to wander
3. (archaic) to weed (remove)

Derived terms

• dirempah
• merempah

 

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay rempah, from Old Javanese rĕmpah (“a kind of dish”).

Noun

rêmpah (plural rempah-rempah, first-person possessive rempahku, second-person possessive rempahmu, third-person possessive rempahnya)

1. spice

   Synonym: bumbu

Derived terms

• berempah
• dirempah
• dirempah-rempah
• dirempah-rempahi
• dirempahi
• merempah
• merempah-rempah
• merempah-rempahi
• merempahi
• rempah-rempah

 

• rempah aromatik
• rempah ratus

 

Further reading

• “rempah” 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.

Malay

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rəm.pah/
• Rhymes: -pah, -ah
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [rəmˈpäh~ɾəmˈpäh]

Noun

rempah (Jawi spelling رمڤه, plural rempah-rempah or rempah-ratus, informal 1st possessive rempahku, 2nd possessive rempahmu, 3rd possessive rempahnya)

1. spice

Synonyms

• (Indonesian) bumbu

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• perempah [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• rempahi [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
• merempah [agent focus] (meN-)
• merempahi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• merempah-rempahi [reduplication + agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (redup + meN- + -i)
• dirempah [patient focus] (di-)
• dirempahi [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• berempah [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: rempah
• → Tausug: lampa

Further reading

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