sapu

See also: sapú and sa'pu

English

Etymology

From Malay sapu.

Pronunciation
  • (Singapore) IPA(key): /ˈsɑpuː/

Verb

sapu (third-person singular simple present sapus, present participle sapuing, simple past and past participle sapued)

  1. (Singapore, colloquial) to eat up
    • 2004 June 6, “Beancurd made me fat”, in The Sunday Times (LifeStyle), page 31:
      I liked to sapu everything.
  2. (Singapore, colloquial) to steal

Asturian

Noun

sapu m (plural sapos)

  1. toad

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sapu, from Proto-Malayic *sapu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.pu/
  • Rhymes: -pu, -u
  • Hyphenation: sa‧pu

Noun

sapu (plural sapu-sapu, first-person possessive sapuku, second-person possessive sapumu, third-person possessive sapunya)

  1. broom

Verb

sapu

  1. to sweep

Derived terms
  • disapu
  • menyapu
  • menyapukan
  • menyapu-nyapu
  • penyapu
  • penyapuan
  • sapuan
  • tersapu

Further reading

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese sapu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

Noun

sapu

  1. broom

Leonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

sapu m (plural sapos)

  1. toad

References

Maguindanao

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

Noun

sapu

  1. broom

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

sapu

  1. meat

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *sapu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu (“to wipe off or brush off; broom”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sapu/
  • Rhymes: -apu, -pu

Noun

sapu (Jawi spelling ساڤو‎, plural sapu-sapu, informal 1st possessive sapuku, 2nd possessive sapumu, 3rd possessive sapunya)

  1. broom

Descendants
  • Indonesian: sapu

Verb

sapu (Jawi spelling ساڤو‎)

  1. to sweep with a broom
  2. to wipe
  3. (slang) to embezzle

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • penyapu [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • penyapuan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
  • menyapu [agent focus] (meN-)
  • menyapukan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
  • disapu [patient focus] (di-)
  • disapukan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
  • tersapu [agentless action] (teR-)
  • bersapu [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

  • menyapu-nyapu

Descendants

Further reading

Old Javanese

Noun

sapu

  1. broom

Descendants

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

Verb

sapu (used in the form magsapu)

  1. to wipe
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