kempa

See also: Kempa and kępa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kempa (“giant”), from Old English cempa (“warrior, fighter, champion”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijō (“fighter”), ultimately from Latin campus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈcʰɛm̥pa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛm̥pa

Noun

kempa m (genitive singular kempu, nominative plural kempur)

  1. hero, warrior

Declension
declension of kempa
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kempa kempan kempur kempurnar
accusative kempu kempuna kempur kempurnar
dative kempu kempunni kempum kempunum
genitive kempu kempunnar kempa kempanna

Synonyms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit कम्प (kampa, “tremor, shaking, quake”). Doublet of gempa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kəmˈpa]
  • Hyphenation: kêm‧pa

Noun

kempa (plural kempa-kempa, first-person possessive kempaku, second-person possessive kempamu, third-person possessive kempanya)

  1. press, clamp.
    Synonym: apitan

Affixed terms
  • kempaan
  • mengempa
  • pengempaan
  • terkempa

Further reading
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