sempadan

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sempadan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səmˈpadan/, [səmˈpa.dan]
• Hyphenation: sêm‧pa‧dan
• Rhymes: -dan, -an

Noun

sempadan (first-person possessive sempadanku, second-person possessive sempadanmu, third-person possessive sempadannya)

1. border.

   Synonym: batas

2. boundary marker, border marker.

   Synonym: tanda batas

Affixed terms

• bersempadan
• menyempadani
• penyempadanan

 

Compounds

• garis sempadan jalan

 

Further reading

• “sempadan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsəmpadan/
• Rhymes: -adan, -dan, -an
• Hyphenation: sem‧pa‧dan

Noun

sempadan (Jawi spelling سمڤادن, plural sempadan-sempadan, informal 1st possessive sempadanku, 2nd possessive sempadanmu, 3rd possessive sempadannya)

1. border.

   Synonym: batas

2. boundary marker, border marker.

   Synonym: tanda batas

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• persempadanan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
• menyempadani [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• bersempadan [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• bersempadankan [stative / habitual + causative benefactive] (beR- + -kan)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• batu sempadan
• sempadan bahagian pilihan raya
• sempadan bersebelahan

Further reading

• “sempadan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.