kempa

See also: Kempa and kępa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kempa (“giant”), from Old English cempa (“warrior, fighter, champion”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijō (“fighter”), ultimately from Latin campus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰɛm̥pa/
• Rhymes: -ɛm̥pa

Noun

kempa f (genitive singular kempu, nominative plural kempur)

1. hero

   Synonyms: hetja, kappi, garpur

2. warrior

Declension

Declension of kempa (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kempa	kempan	kempur	kempurnar
accusative	kempu	kempuna	kempur	kempurnar
dative	kempu	kempunni	kempum	kempunum
genitive	kempu	kempunnar	kempa, kempna	kempanna, kempnanna

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit कम्प (kampa, “tremor, shaking, quake”). Doublet of gempa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kəmˈpa]
• Hyphenation: kêm‧pa

Noun

kempa (plural kempa-kempa, first-person possessive kempaku, second-person possessive kempamu, third-person possessive kempanya)

1. press, clamp.

   Synonym: apitan

Affixed terms

• kempaan
• mengempa
• pengempaan
• terkempa

 

Further reading

• “kempa” 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.