sampah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sampah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsampah/
• Hyphenation: sam‧pah

Noun

sampah (plural sampah-sampah)

1. discarded items that are of no use (rubbish; garbage; junk; trash; waste)
2. (figurative) synonym of hina

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• menyampah [agent focus] (meN-)
• persampahan (“of rubbish related matters”) [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
• memersampahkan (“to consider sth as rubbish”) [causative passive + agent focus + causative benefactive] (peR- + meN- + -kan)
• penyampah (“person that creates rubbish; litterbug”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penyampahan (“process of turning sth into rubbish”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• sampah sarap (“various types of rubbish”)
• tong sampah (“garbage can; rubbish bin, trash can”)

• sampah anorganik
• sampah berbahaya
• sampah bongkahan
• sampah bubur kayu
• sampah dunia
• sampah gilingan
• sampah laut
• sampah masyarakat
• sampah organik
• sampah radioaktif
• sampah sarap

 

Further reading

• “sampah” 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

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sam.pah/
• Rhymes: -pah, -ah

Noun

sampah (Jawi spelling سمڤه, plural sampah-sampah, informal 1st possessive sampahku, 2nd possessive sampahmu, 3rd possessive sampahnya)

1. discarded items that are of no use (rubbish; garbage; junk; trash; waste)
   • 2014 April 4, Assim Hassan, “Jangan buang sampah merata-rata”, in Utusan Malaysia‎^[1], archived from the original on 14 October 2018:

     Rakyat di daerah ini disaran mengikis sikap dan budaya membuang sampah merata-rata memandangkan Tuaran kini menjadi salah satu destinasi pelancongan negeri.

     Residents of this district are urged to erode the attitude and culture of throwing rubbish everywhere as Tuaran is now one of the state's tourist destinations.

Synonyms

• buangan
• sarap

Antonyms

• bahan kitar semula

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• menyampah (“to loathe or hate; to feel disgusted”) [agent focus] (meN-)
• persampahan (“location where rubbish is disposed”) [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• sampah sarap (“various types of rubbish”)
• tong sampah (“garbage can; rubbish bin, trash can”)

Descendants

• Indonesian: sampah
• → Min Nan: 儳飽 / 儳饱 (sâm-pá)

See also

• hampas (“agricultural waste”)
• kotoran (“dirty items; grime; filth”)
• latah (“plant litter”)
• najis (“feces; religiously unclean items”)
• sisa (“leftovers”)

 

Further reading

• "sampah" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “sampah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.