sapu

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See also: sapú, sa'pu, and šapu

English

Etymology

From Malay sapu.

Pronunciation

Verb

sapu (third-person singular simple present sapus, present participle sapuing, simple past and past participle sapued)

  1. (Singapore, colloquial) to eat up
    • 2004 June 6, “Beancurd made me fat”, in The Sunday Times (LifeStyle), page 31:
      I liked to sapu everything.
  2. (Singapore, colloquial) to steal

Asturian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsapu/,
  • Rhymes: -apu
  • Hyphenation: sa‧pu

Noun

sapu m (plural sapos)

  1. toad

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sapu, from Proto-Malayic *sapu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.pu/
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  • Rhymes: -pu, -u
  • Hyphenation: sa‧pu

Noun

sapu (plural sapu-sapu, first-person possessive sapuku, second-person possessive sapumu, third-person possessive sapunya)

  1. broom

Verb

sapu

  1. to sweep

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese sapu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

Noun

sapu

  1. broom

Leonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsapu/,
  • Rhymes: -apu
  • Hyphenation: sa‧pu

Noun

sapu m (plural sapos)

  1. toad

References

Maguindanao

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

Noun

sapu

  1. broom

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

sapu

  1. meat

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *sapu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu (“to wipe off or brush off; broom”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sapu (Jawi spelling ساڤو, plural sapu-sapu, informal 1st possessive sapuku, 2nd possessive sapumu, 3rd possessive sapunya)

  1. broom

Descendants

  • Indonesian: sapu

Verb

sapu (Jawi spelling ساڤو)

  1. to sweep with a broom
  2. to wipe
  3. (slang) to embezzle

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

Further reading

Old Javanese

Noun

sapu

  1. broom

Descendants

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

Verb

sapu (used in the form magsapu)

  1. to wipe
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