tempe
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English
Noun
tempe (countable and uncountable, plural tempes)
- Alternative form of tempeh
Finnish
Etymology
From Indonesian tempe.
Pronunciation
Noun
tempe
Declension
| Inflection of tempe (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | tempe | — | |
| genitive | tempen | — | |
| partitive | tempeä | — | |
| illative | tempeen | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tempe | — | |
| accusative | nom. | tempe | — |
| gen. | tempen | ||
| genitive | tempen | — | |
| partitive | tempeä | — | |
| inessive | tempessä | — | |
| elative | tempestä | — | |
| illative | tempeen | — | |
| adessive | tempellä | — | |
| ablative | tempeltä | — | |
| allative | tempelle | — | |
| essive | tempenä | — | |
| translative | tempeksi | — | |
| abessive | tempettä | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Further reading
- “tempe”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *tempula, from Latin tempora, originally an accusative plural form of tempus.
Pronunciation
Noun
tempe f (plural tempes)
- (anatomy) temple
- 1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier Jour d’un condamné:
- ...une sueur glacée est sortie à la fois de tous mes membres, j’ai senti mes tempes se gonfler, et j’avais les oreilles pleines de bourdonnements.
- ice-cold sweat dripped of every part of my body at the same time, I felt my temples swell, and there was a deafening hum in my ears.
Further reading
- “tempe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
Possibly from Old Javanese tumpi (a food made from starch and tempeh) or Indonesian tapai (“fermentation”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tempe
Descendants
Further reading
- “tempe” 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
Alternative forms
- tempeh (nonstandard)
Etymology
Possibly from Old Javanese tumpi (a food made from starch and tempeh) or Malay tapai (“fermentation”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tempe (Jawi spelling تيمڤي, plural tempe-tempe, informal 1st possessive tempeku, 2nd possessive tempemu, 3rd possessive tempenya)
Further reading
- “tempe” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.