kampong

kampong

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmˌpɔŋ/, /ˈkæmˌpɔŋ/

• Audio (southern England)

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Khmer កំពង់ (kɑmpŭəng, “landing, port; river town; waterfront”).

Noun

kampong (plural kampongs)

1. (Cambodia) A landing, a port; a river town.

   Kampong Thom (ខេត្តកំពង់ធំ (khéttâkâmpôngthum))    Kampong Cham (កំពង់ចាម (kɑmpŭəng caam))

Etymology 2

See kampung.

Noun

kampong (plural kampongs)

1. Dated spelling of kampung.
   • 2015, Labodalih Sembiring, translating Eka Kurniawan, Man Tiger, Verso, page 107:

     Margio [...] would go back to their kampong and look for gifts for her.

Derived terms

• kampong spirit
• vertical kampong

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kampung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑmˈpɔŋ/

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• Hyphenation: kam‧pong
• Rhymes: -ɔŋ

Noun

kampong m (plural kampongs)

1. village (a Southeast Asian rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town); kampong
2. a quarter in a Southeast Asian city; an Indonesian quarter

Descendants

• → English: compound

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Malay

Alternative forms

• kampung
• کامڤوڠ‎

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /kampoŋ/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /kampʊŋ/
• Rhymes: -ampoŋ, -poŋ, -oŋ

Noun

kampong (Jawi spelling کامڤوڠ)

1. (pre-1972) Obsolete spelling of kampung