kampung

kampung

English

Etymology

From Malay-Indonesian kampung. Cognate to Dutch kampoeng. Doublet of compound.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmpɔːŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmpɔŋ/
• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmpoːŋ/
• Hyphenation: kam‧pung

Noun

kampung (plural kampungs)

1. (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore) A traditional village.
   • 2015, Labodalih Sembiring, translating Eka Kurniawan, Man Tiger, Verso 2015, p. 107:

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

2. (Singapore) A district or suburb where a former kampung stood.

   Kampong Tanah Merah.

Alternative forms

• kampong (dated)

Derived terms

• kampung spirit
• vertical kampung

Translations

traditional village

Chinese: Mandarin: 甘榜 (zh) (gānbǎng, gānbōng) Indonesian: kampung (id) Malay: kampung (ms)

district or suburb where a former kampung stood

Chinese: Mandarin: 甘榜 (zh) (gānbǎng, gānbōng)

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Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kampuŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kampʊŋ/

Noun

kampung

1. village
2. community (an area where a particular ethnic group inhabits)

   Kampung Cina ― Chinatown

   Kampung Melayu ― Malay Settlement

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Indonesian

Alternative forms

• kampoeng (dated)

Etymology

From Malay kampung. Cognate of Minangkabau kampuang, Acehnese gampông.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkampʊŋ]
• Rhymes: -pʊŋ, -ʊŋ, -ŋ
• Hyphenation: kam‧pung

Noun

kampung (plural kampung-kampung, first-person possessive kampungku, second-person possessive kampungmu, third-person possessive kampungnya)

1. hamlet, village

   Synonyms: desa, dusun

   1. the fourth-level administrative division, usually in rural area, below the kecamatan
2. suburb, especially suburb slum.
3. community (an area where a particular ethnic group inhabits)

   Kampung Cina ― Chinatown

   Kampung Melayu ― Malay Settlement

Adjective

kampung

1. (possibly derogatory) low, vulgar, old-fashioned, unsophisticated.

   Synonyms: kolot, terbelakang

2. (possibly derogatory) rural

Derived terms

• berkampung
• kampungan
• mengampung
• perkampungan

 

• antar kampung
• kampung atlet
• kampung halaman
• kampung keluarga berencana
• kampung seni
• pulang kampung

 

Related terms

• gampong

 

Further reading

• “kampung” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Malay

Alternative forms

• (old orthography) kampong
• (abbreviation) kg.

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kampuŋ. Compare Minangkabau kampuang.

• According to Dempwolff, the Malay word is a derivation from Proto-Malayic *puŋ (“to collect, gather”).[1]
• Related to Khmer កំពង់ (kɑmpŭəng, “port; landing-place”) due to the historical ties between Javanese and Khmer people in ancient times. However, according to Dempwolff, relationship to Khmer កំពង់ (kɑmpŭəng, “port; landing-place”) is considered coincidental.[2]

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

kampung (Jawi spelling کامڤوڠ‎, plural kampung-kampung, informal 1st possessive kampungku, 2nd possessive kampungmu, 3rd possessive kampungnya)

1. village (a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town)

   Kampung itu banyak tempat yang indah.

   That village has many beautiful places to see.

2. community (an area inhabited by a particular ethnic group)

   Kampung Cina ― Chinatown

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berkampung-kampung (“having small villages”) [reduplication + stative / habitual] (redup + beR-)
• sekampung (“of the same village”) [comparability] (se-)
• kampungan (“having the characteristics of a small village”) [repetition / reciprocity] (-an)
• kekampungan (“boorish; villagelike”) [resemblance / passive] (ke-an)
• perkampungan (“village group; place of gathering; cluster; group”) [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
• seperkampungan (“whole community”) [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit + immediacy / habitual] (peR- + -an + se-)
• perkampungan (“of a village”) [causative passive + repetition / reciprocity] (peR- + -an)
• kampungkan (“to bring together”) [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• mengampungkan (“to call; to summon; to gather”) [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• mengampungi (“to form a village at”) [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• dikampungkan (“to be summoned; to be gathered”) [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• dikampungi (“to be formed a village at”) [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• berkampung (“forming a group; gathering”) [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• Kampong Ayer (“water village”)
• kampung halaman (“birthplace”)
• kepala kampung (“village headman”)
• ketua kampung (“village elder”)
• orang kampung (“villager”)

Descendants

• Indonesian: kampung
• → Dutch: kampong
  • → English: compound
• → English: kampong / kampung
• → Min Nan: 甘榜 (kám-pung, kam-póng, kam-pōng), 監光 (kam-kong), 鑒光 (kàm-kong), 監江 (kam-kang)
  • Mandarin: 甘榜 (gānbǎng; gānbōng)
  • Cantonese: 甘榜 (gam3 bong1)

Adjective

kampung (Jawi spelling کامڤوڠ‎)

1. (figurative) low, vulgar, old-fashioned
2. (figurative) folk, homemade, local, popular

   kopi kampung ― folk / traditional coffee

References

1. Dempwolff (1937), 3:70.
2. Dempwolff (1937), 3:70.

Further reading

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

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Tausug

Noun

kampung

1. kindred, relatives (not including parents, children, or siblings)