sampan
English
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Sinitic, likely Cantonese 三板 (saam1 baan2) or Hokkien 舢板 (sam-pán).
Noun
[edit]sampan (plural sampans)
- (China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, chiefly historical) A flat-bottomed wooden boat propelled by two oars.
- 1953, John C. Caldwell, China Coast Family[1], Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 96:
- We traveled down the Min River from Nanping in a small sampan, flying the American flag for protection against bandits and soldiers. Those were the days when the Stars and Stripes still afforded some protection.
- 1975 November 16, L. Chen, “Maoist showcase of big troubles”, in Free China Weekly[2], volume XVI, number 45, Taipei, page 3:
- Freedom-fighter Lin Chun-hwei reports his escape from the mainland at the Free China Relief Association. Lin escaped by sampan from Putien in Fukien province to one of the islets near Kinmen Oct. 27.
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Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]sampan (plural sampans)
- (India, chiefly historical) Alternative form of jampan.
- 1785, George Forster, Journey from Bengal..., page 3:
- ... by these central poles the litter, or as it is here called, the Sampan, is supported on the shoulders of four men.
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[edit]Dutch
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[edit]Noun
[edit]sampan f (plural sampans)
- sampan (Chinese wooden boat)
French
[edit]Noun
[edit]sampan m (plural sampans)
Further reading
[edit]- “sampan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Malay sampan, from Classical Malay سمڤن (sampan)}}, from Hokkien 舢板 (sam-pán).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sampan (first-person possessive sampanku, second-person possessive sampanmu, third-person possessive sampannya)
Further reading
[edit]- “sampan” 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Classical Malay سمڤن (sampan), from Hokkien 舢板 (sam-pán).
Noun
[edit]sampan (Jawi spelling سمڤن, plural sampan-sampan, informal 1st possessive sampanku, 2nd possessive sampanmu, 3rd possessive sampannya)
- sampan
- Sampan itu terbalik disebabkan ombak-ombak yang kuat.
- The boat capsized because of the strong waves.
Further reading
[edit]- “sampan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English sampan, from Sinitic, see the English entry.
Noun
[edit]sampan m (definite singular sampanen, indefinite plural sampaner, definite plural sampanene)
References
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English sampan, from Sinitic, see the English entry.
Noun
[edit]sampan m (definite singular sampanen, indefinite plural sampanar, definite plural sampanane)
References
[edit]- “sampan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Tagalog
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /samˈpan/ [sɐmˈpan̪]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: sam‧pan
Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish champán.
Noun
[edit]sampán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜉᜈ᜔)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Hokkien 舢板 (sam-pán).
Noun
[edit]sampán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜉᜈ᜔)
West Makian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Indonesian sampan, from Classical Malay سمڤن (sampan), from Hokkien 舢板 (sam-pán).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sampan
- a sampan
References
[edit]- James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary[4], Pacific linguistics
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