ampu

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Finnish

Etymology

From ampua (“to shoot, detonate”), either ampua +‎ -u or as a back-formation.

Pronunciation

Noun

ampu (informal)

  1. blast, detonation, explosion
    Synonyms: paukku, räjähdys, räjäytys
    Ampu tulee!
    Fire in the hole!
    Kaikki räjäytykset videoidaan useammalla suurnopeuskameralla, ja ampujen analysointi on auttanut kehittämään räjäytystekniikkaa.
    All blastings are recorded with multiple high-speed video cameras, and the analysis of the detonations has helped in improving the blasting techniques.

Declension

Not usually inflected.

Inflection of ampu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative ampu amput
genitive ampun ampujen
partitive ampua ampuja
illative ampuun ampuihin
singular plural
nominative ampu amput
accusative nom. ampu amput
gen. ampun
genitive ampun ampujen
partitive ampua ampuja
inessive ampussa ampuissa
elative ampusta ampuista
illative ampuun ampuihin
adessive ampulla ampuilla
ablative ampulta ampuilta
allative ampulle ampuille
essive ampuna ampuina
translative ampuksi ampuiksi
abessive amputta ampuitta
instructive — ampuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ampu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ampuni ampuni
accusative nom. ampuni ampuni
gen. ampuni
genitive ampuni ampujeni
partitive ampuani ampujani
inessive ampussani ampuissani
elative ampustani ampuistani
illative ampuuni ampuihini
adessive ampullani ampuillani
ablative ampultani ampuiltani
allative ampulleni ampuilleni
essive ampunani ampuinani
translative ampukseni ampuikseni
abessive amputtani ampuittani
instructive — —
comitative — ampuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ampusi ampusi
accusative nom. ampusi ampusi
gen. ampusi
genitive ampusi ampujesi
partitive ampuasi ampujasi
inessive ampussasi ampuissasi
elative ampustasi ampuistasi
illative ampuusi ampuihisi
adessive ampullasi ampuillasi
ablative ampultasi ampuiltasi
allative ampullesi ampuillesi
essive ampunasi ampuinasi
translative ampuksesi ampuiksesi
abessive amputtasi ampuittasi
instructive — —
comitative — ampuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ampumme ampumme
accusative nom. ampumme ampumme
gen. ampumme
genitive ampumme ampujemme
partitive ampuamme ampujamme
inessive ampussamme ampuissamme
elative ampustamme ampuistamme
illative ampuumme ampuihimme
adessive ampullamme ampuillamme
ablative ampultamme ampuiltamme
allative ampullemme ampuillemme
essive ampunamme ampuinamme
translative ampuksemme ampuiksemme
abessive amputtamme ampuittamme
instructive — —
comitative — ampuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ampunne ampunne
accusative nom. ampunne ampunne
gen. ampunne
genitive ampunne ampujenne
partitive ampuanne ampujanne
inessive ampussanne ampuissanne
elative ampustanne ampuistanne
illative ampuunne ampuihinne
adessive ampullanne ampuillanne
ablative ampultanne ampuiltanne
allative ampullenne ampuillenne
essive ampunanne ampuinanne
translative ampuksenne ampuiksenne
abessive amputtanne ampuittanne
instructive — —
comitative — ampuinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative ampunsa ampunsa
accusative nom. ampunsa ampunsa
gen. ampunsa
genitive ampunsa ampujensa
partitive ampuaan
ampuansa 		ampujaan
ampujansa
inessive ampussaan
ampussansa 		ampuissaan
ampuissansa
elative ampustaan
ampustansa 		ampuistaan
ampuistansa
illative ampuunsa ampuihinsa
adessive ampullaan
ampullansa 		ampuillaan
ampuillansa
ablative ampultaan
ampultansa 		ampuiltaan
ampuiltansa
allative ampulleen
ampullensa 		ampuilleen
ampuillensa
essive ampunaan
ampunansa 		ampuinaan
ampuinansa
translative ampukseen
ampuksensa 		ampuikseen
ampuiksensa
abessive amputtaan
amputtansa 		ampuittaan
ampuittansa
instructive — —
comitative — ampuineen
ampuinensa

Derived terms

Further reading

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈam.pu/
  • Rhymes: -pu, -u
  • Hyphenation: am‧pu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay ampu (“to support”). Doublet of empu.

Verb

ampu

  1. to support
    Synonyms: sangga, sokong
Derived terms

Noun

ampu (first-person possessive ampuku, second-person possessive ampumu, third-person possessive ampunya)

  1. Alternative form of empu

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Buginese

Noun

ampu (first-person possessive ampuku, second-person possessive ampumu, third-person possessive ampunya)

  1. animal barrier from tops of coconut leaves.

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

ampu

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦩ꧀ꦥꦸ

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *empu. Cognate with Toba Batak ompu, Malay perempuan.

Noun

ampu

  1. a distinguished person
  2. religious persons (brahmans and others)
  3. sir, master, lord
  4. the honorable or reverend

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦲꦩ꧀ꦥꦸ (ampu) (inherited)

Further reading

  • "ampu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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