sapu

From Malay sapu.

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑpuː/

sapu (third-person singular simple present sapus, present participle sapuing, simple past and past participle sapued)

1. (Singapore, colloquial) to eat up
   • 2004 June 6, “Beancurd made me fat”, in The Sunday Times (LifeStyle), page 31:

     I liked to sapu everything.

2. (Singapore, colloquial) to steal

• SPUA, UAPs, puas, USAP, AUPs, Apsu, PUAs, Apus, pa'us, APUs, Puas, paus, upas

• IPA^(key): /ˈsapu/ [ˈsa.pu]
• Rhymes: -apu
• Syllabification: sa‧pu

sapu m (plural sapos)

1. toad

• “sapu” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.
• “sapu” in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). →ISBN.

From Malay sapu, from Proto-Malayic *sapu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pu/

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• Rhymes: -pu, -u
• Hyphenation: sa‧pu

sapu (plural sapu-sapu)

1. broom

sapu

1. to sweep

• “sapu” 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.

From Old Javanese sapu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

sapu

1. broom

From Spanish sapo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsapu/, [ˈsa.pu]
• Rhymes: -apu
• Hyphenation: sa‧pu

sapu m (plural sapos)

1. toad

• sapu at the Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano.
• sapu at the Pallabeiru Llïonés.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

sapu

1. broom

Unknown.

sapu

1. meat

From Proto-Malayic *sapu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu (“to wipe off or brush off; broom”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsapu/ [ˈsa.pu]
• Rhymes: -apu
• Hyphenation: sa‧pu

sapu (Jawi spelling ساڤو, plural sapu-sapu)

1. broom

sapu (Jawi spelling ساڤو)

1. to sweep with a broom
2. to wipe
3. (slang) to embezzle

• > Indonesian: sapu (inherited)
• → English: sapu

• “sapu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

sapu

1. broom

• Javanese: sapu

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /sapu/ [saˈpu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: sa‧pu

sapu (Sulat Sūg spelling سَفُ)

1. to wipe; sweep