sampu

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• (colloquial) sampo
• sampouo

Etymology

From sampuwo (attested as sampouo), from older sampulo, from sang- + pulo, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *sa-ŋa-puluq (“ten”). Cognate with Ilocano sangapulo (“ten”), Bikol Central sampulo (“ten”), Bima sampuru (“ten”), and Hawaiian anahulu (“period of ten days”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sam.ˈpuʔ/
• Hyphenation: sam‧pu

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Numeral

sampû (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜉᜓ)

1. ten

   Synonyms: diyes, labing-

Usage notes

• To describe the quantity of something, the number is placed before the noun and affixed with a -ng when the word ends with a vowel, and a separate word na for a consonant.

  Isang saging, dalawang pinya

  Apat na mansanas, anim na mangga

Derived terms

• ikasampu
• kasampu
• makasampu
• pagsampuin
• pansampu
• pasampu
• sampuan
• sampuin
• tigsampu