sampu

Tagalog

**Tagalog cardinal numbers**
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Cardinal : sampu Ordinal : ikasampu

Alternative forms

sampo – colloquial
sampouo, sangpouo – obsolete, Abecedario orthography

Etymology

From sampúwo (attested as sampouo, from sam- +‎ púwo), from older sampúlo, from sam- +‎ púlo, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *sa-ŋa-puluq (“ten”). Compare Indonesian sepuluh,Ilocano sangapulo, Bikol Central sampulo, Bima sampuru, and Hawaiian anahulu (“period of ten days”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: sam‧pu

IPA^(key): /samˈpuʔ/, [sɐmˈpuʔ]
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Numeral

sampû (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜉᜓ)

ten
Synonym: diyes

Usage notes

To describe the quantity of something, the number is placed before the noun and affixed with the (-ng) enclitic suffix when the word ends with a vowel or with the "na" preposition for those ending in a consonant.
Isang saging, dalawang pinya
Apat na mansanas, anim na mangga

Derived terms

ikasampu
kasampu
makasampu
pagsampuin
panampu
pansampu
pansampu
pasampu
sampuan
sampuin
sampung daan
sampung laksa
sampung libo
Sampung Utos
sasampuin
tigsampu