cempa

cempa

Buginese

Etymology

Cognate with Makasar camba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃəmpa/

Noun

cempa (Lontara spelling ᨌᨛᨇ)

  1. tamarind

Old English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der.
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s
Proto-Italic *kampos
Latin campusbor.
Proto-West Germanic *kamp
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Proto-West Germanic *-jan
Proto-West Germanic *kampijan
Proto-Germanic *-jô
Proto-West Germanic *-jō
Proto-West Germanic *kampijō
Old English cempa

    Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kampijō.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkem.pɑ/

    Noun

    cempa m

    1. soldier, warrior
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cempa

    Declension

    Weak:

    singular plural
    nominative cempa cempan
    accusative cempan cempan
    genitive cempan cempena
    dative cempan cempum

    Coordinate terms

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Middle English: kempe
    • Middle English: cæppe, keppe (merger with Old Norse kappi)
    • → Old Norse: kempa f
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