kampung

Borrowed from Indonesian kampung, and/or its etymon Malay kampung (“enclosure; quarter of a town occupied by a certain nationality; village”).^[1][2] Doublet of kampang.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmpɒŋ/, /ˈkæm-/, /kæmˈpɒŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmˌpɔŋ/, /ˈkɑm-/, /-ˌpɑŋ/
• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmpɔŋ/, /-oŋ/
• Hyphenation: kam‧pung

kampung (plural kampungs)

1. (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore) A traditional village.
   • 1899 September – 1900 July, Joseph Conrad, chapter II, in Lord Jim: A Tale, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1900, →OCLC, page 14:

     They came from solitary huts in the wilderness, from populous campongs, from villages by the sea. At the call of an idea they had left their forests, their clearings, the protection of their rulers, their prosperity, their poverty, the surroundings of their youth and the graves of their fathers.

   • 2015, Eka Kurniawan, chapter 4, in Labodalih Sembiring, transl., Man Tiger […], London, New York, N.Y.: Verso, →ISBN, page 107:

     Margio seldom saw his mother happy, and often thought of doing things to cheer her up. He would go back to their kampong and look for gifts for her.

2. (Singapore) A district or suburb where a former village once stood.

   Kampung Tanah Merah.

• campong (archaic)
• kampong (dated)

• kampang

•   kampong on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•   kampong (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Proto-Malayic *kampuŋ.

• IPA^(key): /kampʊŋ/

kampung

1. village
2. community (an area where a particular ethnic group inhabits)

   Kampung Cina ― Chinatown

   Kampung Melayu ― Malay Settlement

 

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

kampung

Wikipedia ^id

• kampoeng (dated)

From Malay kampung. Cognate of Minangkabau kampuang, Acehnese gampông.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkampʊŋ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -pʊŋ, -ʊŋ, -ŋ
• Hyphenation: kam‧pung

kampung (plural kampung-kampung, first-person possessive kampungku, second-person possessive kampungmu, third-person possessive kampungnya)

1. hamlet, village

   Synonyms: desa, dusun

   1. the fourth-level administrative division, usually in rural area, below the kecamatan
2. suburb, especially suburb slum.
3. community (an area where a particular ethnic group inhabits)

   Kampung Cina ― Chinatown

   Kampung Melayu ― Malay Settlement

kampung

1. (possibly derogatory) low, vulgar, old-fashioned, unsophisticated.

   Synonyms: kolot, terbelakang

2. (possibly derogatory) rural

• “kampung” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

 

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

kampung

Wikipedia ^ms

• kampong (1924-1972)
• kg. (abbreviation)

From Proto-Malayic *kampuŋ. Compare Minangkabau kampuang.

• According to Dempwolff, the Malay word is a derivation from Proto-Malayic *puŋ (“to collect, gather”).^[1]
• Related to Khmer កំពង់ (kɑmpŭəng, “port; landing-place”) due to the historical ties between Malay and Khmer people in ancient times. However, according to Dempwolff, relationship to Khmer កំពង់ (kɑmpŭəng, “port; landing-place”) is considered coincidental.^[2]

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /kampoŋ/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /kampʊŋ/
• Rhymes: -ampoŋ, -poŋ, -oŋ

• Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -uŋ

kampung (Jawi spelling کامڤوڠ, plural kampung-kampung, informal 1st possessive kampungku, 2nd possessive kampungmu, 3rd possessive kampungnya)

1. village (a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town)

   Kampung itu banyak tempat yang indah. ― That village has many beautiful places to see.

2. (informal) hometown, place of origin

   Aku dah lama kenal Nick, kami ni sekampung.

   I have known Nick for a long time, we came from the same place.

3. community (an area inhabited by a particular ethnic group)

   Kampung Cina ― Chinatown

• Indonesian: kampung
• → Dutch: kampong
  • → English: compound
• → English: kampong / kampung
• → Min Nan: 甘榜 (kám-pung, kam-póng, kam-pōng), 監光／监光 (kam-kong), 鑒光／鉴光 (kàm-kong), 監江／监江 (kam-kang)
  • Mandarin: 甘榜 (gānbǎng; gānbōng)
  • Cantonese: 甘榜 (gam3 bong1)

kampung (Jawi spelling کامڤوڠ)

1. (figurative) folk, homemade, local, popular

   kopi kampung ― folk / traditional coffee

2. (derogatory) low, vulgar, old-fashioned, unsophisticated.

   Synonyms: jumud, kolot, terbelakang

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کمڤڠ kampoeng”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 88
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کمڤڠ kampong”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 534-5
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kampong”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 503
• “kampung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Compare Malay kampung (“suburb; community”).

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /kampuŋ/ [k̠ɑmˈpuŋ]
• Rhymes: -uŋ
• Syllabification: kam‧pung

kampung (Sulat Sūg spelling كَمْفُڠْ)

1. kindred, relatives (not including parents, children, or siblings)