ĕmpu
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Old Javanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *empu. Cognate with Toba Batak ompu, Malay perempuan.
Noun
[edit]ĕmpu
- a distinguished person
- religious persons (brahmans and others)
- sir, master, lord
- the honorable or reverend
Alternative forms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- "ĕmpu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.