ꦠꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦸꦂ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese tĕmpur (“to knock against each other; to clash and become one heap or mass”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *puh (“to slap, hit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təm.pur/
• Rhymes: -pur
• Hyphenation: tem‧pur

Noun

ꦠꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦸꦂ (tempur)

1. confluence

Verb

ꦠꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦸꦂ (tempur)

1. to buy up dehusked rice

Descendants

• → Indonesian: tempur

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “tempur”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN