sempadan

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay sempadan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səmˈpadan/ [səmˈpa.dan]
• Rhymes: -adan
• Syllabification: sem‧pa‧dan

Noun

sempadan (plural sempadan-sempadan)

1. border

   Synonym: batas

2. boundary marker, border marker

   Synonym: tanda batas

3. a line that determines the boundary of a public road or the boundary of land on which buildings may or may not be erected

   Synonyms: garis cadang, garis roi

Affixed terms

• bersempadan
• menyempadani
• penyempadanan

Compounds

• garis sempadan
• garis sempadan jalan
• sempadan pantai
• sempadan sungai

Further reading

• “sempadan”, 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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sempadan (Jawi spelling سمڤادن, plural sempadan-sempadan or sempadan²)

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 (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017