sempurna

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sempurna, from Sanskrit सम्पूर्ण (sampūrṇa, “complete, entire, whole”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sêmpurna

  1. perfect; flawless
  2. complete

Conjugation

Conjugation of sempurna (meng-, transitive)
Root sempurna
Active Involuntary Passive Basic /
Imperative 		Jussive
Active menyempurna sempurnalah
Locative menyempurnai tersempurnai disempurnai sempurnai sempurnailah
Causative / Applicative1 menyempurnakan tersempurnakan disempurnakan sempurnakan sempurnakanlah
Causative
Active mempersempurna dipersempurna persempurnalah
Locative mempersempurnai dipersempurnai
Causative / Applicative1 mempersempurnakan dipersempurnakan persempurnakan persempurnakanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit सम्पूर्ण (sampūrṇa) from पूर्ण (pūrṇá, “complete, entire, whole”). Compare with purnama (“full moon”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a

Adjective

sempurna (Jawi spelling سمڤورنا)

  1. perfect; complete; full
    Synonyms: genap, lengkap, kamil, penuh

Derived terms

References

  • Edi Sedyawati, Ellya Iswati, Kusparyati Boedhijono, Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994) Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, pages 268-9
  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “سمڤرن sĕmpoerna”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 32
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “سمڤرن sĕmporna or sĕmpurna”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 406
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “sĕmpurna”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 429
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