lumpur

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Compare Malay lumpur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lumpur/
• Hyphenation: lum‧pur

Noun

lumpur

1. mud (mixture of soil and water)

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay lumpur.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlumpur/ [ˈlum.pʊr]
• Rhymes: -umpur
• Syllabification: lum‧pur

Noun

lumpur (plural lumpur-lumpur)

1. mud

Derived terms

• berlumpur (“to wallow; muddy”)
• pelumpuran (“muddy place”)

• lumpur aktif (“activated sludge”)
• lumpur anoda
• lumpur basa (“alkaline mucus”)
• lumpur hidup (“activated sludge”)
• lumpur vulkanik (“mud volcano”)

Further reading

• “lumpur”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈlumpur/ [ˈlum.pur]

• (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈlumpo(r)/ [ˈlum.po(r)]
• Rhymes: -umpur

Noun

lumpur (Jawi spelling لومڤور, plural lumpur-lumpur or lumpur²)

1. mud (mixture of soil and water)

Derived terms

• Kuala Lumpur

Descendants

• > Indonesian: lumpur (inherited)

Further reading

• "lumpur" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017