rempah
Malay
Etymology
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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)
- spice
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
Further reading
- “rempah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.