sampah
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Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
sampah (plural sampah-sampah)
- discarded items that are of no use (rubbish; garbage; junk; trash; waste)
- (figurative) synonym of hina
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- menyampah (meN-)
- persampahan (“of rubbish related matters”) (peR- + -an)
- memersampahkan (“to consider sth as rubbish”) (peR- + meN- + -kan)
- penyampah (“person that creates rubbish; litterbug”) (peN-)
- penyampahan (“process of turning sth into rubbish”) (peN- + -an)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
- sampah sarap (“various types of rubbish”)
- tong sampah (“garbage can; rubbish bin, trash can”)
Further reading
- “sampah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
sampah (Jawi spelling سمڤه, plural sampah-sampah, informal 1st possessive sampahku, 2nd possessive sampahmu, 3rd possessive sampahnya)
- discarded items that are of no use (rubbish; garbage; junk; trash; waste)
- 2014 April 4, Assim Hassan, “Jangan buang sampah merata-rata”, in Utusan Malaysia, archived from the original on 14 October 2018:
- Rakyat di daerah ini disaran mengikis sikap dan budaya membuang sampah merata-rata memandangkan Tuaran kini menjadi salah satu destinasi pelancongan negeri.
- Residents of this district are urged to erode the attitude and culture of throwing rubbish everywhere as Tuaran is now one of the state's tourist destinations.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- menyampah (“to loathe or hate; to feel disgusted”) (meN-)
- persampahan (“location where rubbish is disposed”) (peR- + -an)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
- sampah sarap (“various types of rubbish”)
- tong sampah (“garbage can; rubbish bin, trash can”)
Descendants
See also
Further reading
- "sampah" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
- “sampah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.