sampaku

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 三白(さんぱく) (sanpaku), from 三白眼(さんぱくがん) (sanpakugan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [samˈpaku]
• Hyphenation: sam‧pa‧ku

Noun

sampaku (first-person possessive sampakuku, second-person possessive sampakumu, third-person possessive sampakunya)

1. (art) sanpaku: the presence of visible white space above or below the iris of the human eye, traditionally supposed in China to indicate physical or mental imbalance.

Further reading

• “sampaku” 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.