lompat

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay lompat, from Proto-Malayic *lumpat, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lumpat. Doublet of alumpa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔm.pat̚/
• Hyphenation: lom‧pat
• Rhymes: -pat̚, -at̚

Verb

lompat (active melompat, momentane terlompat, transitive locative lompati)

1. (intransitive) to jump

   Synonym: loncat

   1. to propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne

      Anakku suka melompat di kasur.

      My son loves to jump on a bed.

   2. to cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward
   3. to employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location
   4. to react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently
   5. (figuratively) to increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up
2. (intransitive) to jump off (to move from an elevated place by one jump)

Conjugation

Conjugation of lompat (meng-, intransitive)

root	lompat
	active	involuntary	passive	basic / imperative	emphatic / jussive
active	melompat	terlompat	dilompat	lompat	lompatlah
locative	melompati	terlompati	dilompati	lompati	lompatilah
causative / applicative1	melompatkan	terlompatkan	dilompatkan	lompatkan	lompatkanlah
	causative
active	memperlompat	terperlompat	diperlompat	perlompat	perlompatlah
locative	memperlompati	terperlompati	diperlompati	perlompati	perlompatilah
causative / applicative1	memperlompatkan	terperlompatkan	diperlompatkan	perlompatkan	perlompatkanlah

¹ The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

(Affixed and reduplicated terms):

• berlompatan
• lompatan
• lompati
• lompatkan
• melompat-lompat
• pelompat
• pelompatan
• sepelompat
• sepelompatan
• terlompat

(Compound terms):

• lompat galah
• lompat indah
• lompat jangkit
• lompat jauh
• lompat kangkang
• lompat katak
• lompat kijang
• lompat kinja
• lompat sehari
• lompat tegak
• lompat tengah
• lompat tiga
• lompat tinggi

Further reading

• “lompat” 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

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lumpat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lompat/
• Rhymes: -mpat, -pat, -at

Verb

lompat (Jawi spelling لومڤت)

1. to jump, to leap, to spring

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pelompat [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pelompatan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• lompatan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• melompat [agent focus] (meN-)
• melompat-lompat [reduplication + agent focus] (redup + meN-)
• melompatkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• melompati [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• dilompat [patient focus] (di-)
• dilompatkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• dilompati [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• terlompat [agentless action] (teR-)
• terlompat-lompat [reduplication + agentless action] (redup + teR-)
• berlompatan [stative / habitual + repetition / reciprocity] (beR- + -an)
• berlompat-lompatan [reduplication + stative / habitual + repetition / reciprocity] (redup + beR- + -an)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• tahun lompat

Descendants

• > Indonesian: lompat (inherited)

Further reading

• “lompat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maranao

Verb

lompat

1. to gallop

Derived terms

• lompat pogai (“spell to attract a lover”)