sampir

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sampir (“upper part of kris sheath”), from Javanese ꦱꦩ꧀ꦥꦶꦂ (sampir, “scarf-like cloth worn over the shoulder; shoulder”), from Old Javanese sampir (“scarf, shawl”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sampir (“a type of head cloth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsampɪr/
• Hyphenation: sam‧pir

Noun

sampir (first-person possessive sampirku, second-person possessive sampirmu, third-person possessive sampirnya)

1. the upper part of kris sheath.

Verb

sampir

1. base of menyampirkan (“to hang”)

Derived terms

• bersampiran
• menyampirkan
• sampiran
• tersampir

 

Further reading

• “sampir” 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.