Etymology

From ampua (“to shoot, detonate”), either ampua +‎ -uCategory:Finnish terms suffixed with -u#AMPU or as a back-formationCategory:Finnish back-formations#AMPU.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑmpu/, [ˈɑ̝mpu]Category:Finnish 2-syllable words#AMPUCategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#AMPU
• Rhymes: -ɑmpuCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/ɑmpu#AMPUCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/ɑmpu/2 syllables#AMPU
• Syllabification^(key): am‧pu
• Hyphenation^(key): am‧pu

Noun

ampuCategory:Finnish lemmas#AMPUCategory:Finnish nouns#AMPUCategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#AMPUCategory:Pages with entries#AMPUCategory:Pages with 7 entries#AMPU (informalCategory:Finnish informal terms#AMPU)

1. blast, detonation, explosion

   Synonyms: paukku, räjähdys, räjäytys

   Ampu tulee!

   Fire in the hole!

   Category:Finnish terms with usage examples#AMPU

   Kaikki räjäytykset videoidaan useammalla suurnopeuskameralla, ja ampujen analysointi on auttanut kehittämään räjäytystekniikkaa.

   All blastings are recorded with multiple high-speed video cameras, and the analysis of the detonations has helped in improving the blasting techniques.

   Category:Finnish terms with usage examples#AMPU

Further reading

• “ampu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈam.pu/Category:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#AMPU
• Rhymes: -pu, -uCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/pu#AMPUCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/pu/2 syllables#AMPUCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/u#AMPUCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/u/2 syllables#AMPU
• Hyphenation: am‧pu

Etymology 1

Inherited from MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#AMPUCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#AMPU ampu (“to support”), from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#AMPUCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#AMPU *əmpu. Doublet of empuCategory:Indonesian doublets#AMPU.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from BugineseCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Buginese#AMPUCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Buginese#AMPU [Term?]Category:Buginese term requests#AMPU

Further reading

• “ampu”, 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

Romanization

ampuCategory:Javanese non-lemma forms#AMPUCategory:Javanese romanizations#AMPUCategory:Javanese terms with redundant script codes#AMPUCategory:Javanese entries with incorrect language header#AMPUCategory:Pages with entries#AMPUCategory:Pages with 7 entries#AMPU

1. romanization of ꦲꦩ꧀ꦥꦸ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈampu/, [ˈãm.pu]Category:Makasar terms with IPA pronunciation#AMPU
• Hyphenation: am‧pu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Makasar terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#AMPUCategory:Makasar terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#AMPU *əmpu (“grandparent/grandchild (recipr.); ancestor; lord, master, owner”).

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Makasar terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#AMPUCategory:Makasar terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#AMPU *əmpu (“grandparent/grandchild (recipr.); ancestor; lord, master, owner”).

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈam.pu/Category:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#AMPU
• Rhymes: -uCategory:Rhymes:Malay/u#AMPU
• Hyphenation: am‧pu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#AMPUCategory:Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#AMPU *əmpu. Doublet of empuCategory:Malay doublets#AMPU.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from BugineseCategory:Malay terms borrowed from Buginese#AMPUCategory:Malay terms derived from Buginese#AMPU [Term?]Category:Buginese term requests#AMPU

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “امڤو ampoe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, pages 14-5
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “امڤو ampu”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 39
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “ampu”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 26

Further reading

• “ampu”, 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

Noun

ampuCategory:North Tukang Besi lemmas#AMPUCategory:North Tukang Besi nouns#AMPUCategory:North Tukang Besi terms in nonstandard scripts#AMPUCategory:North Tukang Besi entries with incorrect language header#AMPUCategory:Pages with entries#AMPUCategory:Pages with 7 entries#AMPU

1. sharpened stakes used in pits to trap animals

References

• Mark Donohue (1999), A Grammar of Tukang Besi, Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 534

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Old Javanese terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#AMPUCategory:Old Javanese terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#AMPU *empu. Cognate with Toba Batak ompu, Malay perempuan.

Noun

ampuCategory:Old Javanese lemmas#AMPUCategory:Old Javanese nouns#AMPUCategory:Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header#AMPUCategory:Pages with entries#AMPUCategory:Pages with 7 entries#AMPU

1. a distinguished person
2. religious persons (brahmans and others)
3. sir, master, lord
4. the honorable or reverend

Further reading

• "ampu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.