tĕmpur

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *puh (“to slap, hit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təm.pur/
• Rhymes: -pur
• Hyphenation: tem‧pur

Verb

tĕmpur

1. to knock against each other
2. to clash and become one heap or mass

Derived terms

• atĕmpur
• atĕmpur cawĕt

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦠꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦸꦂ (tempur) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: tempur

Further reading

• "tĕmpur" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.