kempa

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

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

kempa f (genitive singular kempu, nominative plural kempur)

1. hero

   Synonyms: hetja, kappi, garpur

2. warrior

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

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

kempa (plural kempa-kempa)

1. press, clamp

   Synonym: apitan

• “kempa” 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.