sapu
English
Etymology
From Malay sapu.
Pronunciation
- (Singapore) IPA(key): /ˈsɑpuː/
Verb
sapu (third-person singular simple present sapus, present participle sapuing, simple past and past participle sapued)
- (Singapore, colloquial) to eat up
- 2004 June 6, “Beancurd made me fat”, in The Sunday Times (LifeStyle), page 31:
- I liked to sapu everything.
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- (Singapore, colloquial) to steal
Asturian
Noun
sapu m (plural sapos)
- toad
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay sapu, from Proto-Malayic *sapu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsa.pu/
- Rhymes: -pu, -u
- Hyphenation: sa‧pu
Noun
sapu (plural sapu-sapu, first-person possessive sapuku, second-person possessive sapumu, third-person possessive sapunya)
- broom
Verb
sapu
- to sweep
Derived terms
- disapu
- menyapu
- menyapukan
- menyapu-nyapu
- penyapu
- penyapuan
- sapuan
- tersapu
- sapu bersih
- sapu jagat
- saputangan
Further reading
- “sapu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Etymology
From Old Javanese sapu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.
Noun
sapu
- broom
Leonese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
sapu m (plural sapos)
- toad
References
- AEDLL
Maguindanao
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.
Noun
sapu
- broom
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Noun
sapu
- meat
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *sapu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu (“to wipe off or brush off; broom”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sapu/
- Rhymes: -apu, -pu
Noun
sapu (Jawi spelling ساڤو, plural sapu-sapu, informal 1st possessive sapuku, 2nd possessive sapumu, 3rd possessive sapunya)
- broom
Descendants
- Indonesian: sapu
Verb
sapu (Jawi spelling ساڤو)
- to sweep with a broom
- to wipe
- (slang) to embezzle
Derived terms
Regular affixed derivations:
- penyapu [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- penyapuan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- menyapu [agent focus] (meN-)
- menyapukan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- disapu [patient focus] (di-)
- disapukan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
- tersapu [agentless action] (teR-)
- bersapu [stative / habitual] (beR-)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
- menyapu-nyapu
Descendants
- Indonesian: sapu
Further reading
- “sapu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Javanese
Noun
sapu
- broom
Descendants
- Javanese: sapu
Tausug
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.
Verb
sapu (used in the form magsapu)
- to wipe