kampung

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Malay kampung.

Noun

kampung (plural kampungs)

1. Alternative spelling of kampong

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Indonesian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Malay kampung.

Noun

kampung (first-person possessive kampungku, second-person possessive kampungmu, third-person possessive kampungnya)

1. hamlet (a rural habitation with a smaller size than hamlet)

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Malay

Alternative forms

• (old orthography) kampong
• (abbreviation) kg.
• (Jawi) کامڤوڠ

Etymology

The basic meaning is “grouping” or “gathering together”, as seen in its derivatives. Compare Khmer កំពែង (kɑmpɛɛng, “fortress wall, rampart; fence, stone wall; fortress, fortification; precinct, enclosure”), which is from ; as well as Khmer កំពង់ (kɑmpŭəng, “port, landing; river town; waterfront”), which is from , which was ultimately derived from Cham [script needed] (kampong, “village”). Also compare Thai กำแพง (gam-pɛɛng, “wall (surrounding a town, a temple)”), Lao ກຳແພງ (kam phǣng, “wall of a city, rampart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kampoŋ/
• IPA^(key): /kampʊŋ/
• Rhymes: -ampoŋ, -poŋ, -oŋ

Noun

kampung (Jawi spelling کامڤوڠ, plural kampung-kampung, informal 1st possessive kampungku, 2nd possessive kampungmu, 3rd possessive kampungnya)

1. village (a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town)

   Kampung itu banyak tempat yang indah.

   That village has many beautiful places to see.

2. community (an area where a particular ethnic group inhabits)

   Kampung Cina ― Chinatown

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berkampung-kampung (“having small villages”) [reduplication + stative / habitual] (redup + beR-)
• sekampung (“of the same village”) [comparability] (se-)
• kampungan (“having the characteristics of a small village”) [repetition / reciprocity] (-an)
• kekampungan (“boorish; villagelike”) [resemblance / passive] (ke-an)
• perkampungan (“village group; place of gathering; cluster; group”) [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
• seperkampungan (“whole community”) [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit + immediacy / habitual] (peR- + -an + se-)
• perkampungan (“of a village”) [causative passive + repetition / reciprocity] (peR- + -an)
• kampungkan (“to bring together”) [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• mengampungkan (“to call; to summon; to gather”) [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• mengampungi (“to form a village at”) [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• dikampungkan (“to be summoned; to be gathered”) [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• dikampungi (“to be formed a village at”) [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• berkampung (“forming a group; gathering”) [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• Kampong Ayer (“water village”)
• kampung halaman (“birthplace”)
• kepala kampung (“village headman”)
• ketua kampung (“village elder”)
• orang kampung (“villager”)

Descendants

• → Chinese: 甘榜 (gānbǎng)
• → Dutch: kampong
  • → English: compound
• → English: kampong / kampung
• Indonesian: kampung

Adjective

kampung (Jawi spelling کامڤوڠ)

1. (figurative) low, vulgar, old-fashioned
2. (figurative) folk, homemade, local, popular

   kopi kampung ― folk / traditional coffee