tampan

tampan (plural tampans or tampan)

1. A type of cloth from Indonesia.

Etymology obscure, probably from Tswana tampane.^[1]

tampan (plural tampans)

1. Any of many species in the family Argasidae, the soft ticks.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtam.pan/
• Rhymes: -pan
• Hyphenation: tam‧pan

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

tampan (comparative lebih tampan, superlative paling tampan or tertampan, equative setampan)

1. (of a man or boy) handsome (attractively manly, having a pleasing face and overall effect)

   Synonyms: ganteng, (rare) bagus

2. (uncommon) suitable (having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion)

   Synonym: cocok

tampan (active menampan, passive ditampan)

1. (only conjugated with "meng-", intransitive, uncommon) to adjust (to change to fit circumstances)
2. (obsolete) to manage (to handle or control)

   Synonyms: kelola, atur

Alternative forms of tampang.

tampan (rare)

1. facial expression (the expression or countenance that seems to an onlooker to be represented by the appearance of a person or animal's face, resulting from specific use of that person's facial muscles)

   Synonyms: roman muka, air muka

2. appearance (the way something looks)

   Synonyms: tampilan, rupa

• “tampan” 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.

Cognate with Malay tampan and Indonesian tampan.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /tampan/
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: tam‧pan

tampan (Sulat Sūg spelling تَمْفَنْ)

1. covering