different between kampang vs kampung

English

Etymology

From Malay kampung.

Noun

kampang (plural kampangs)

1. (Malaysia) An enclosed village.
2. (Malaysia) An enclosed farm.

Descendants

• compound (British English)

Tagalog

Noun

kampáng

1. characteristic swaying motion in walking

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kampung (“village; community”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?mp???/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?mp??/
• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /?k?mpo??/
• Hyphenation: kam?pung

Noun

kampung (plural kampungs)

1. (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore) A traditional Malay village.
   • 2015, Labodalih Sembiring, translating Eka Kurniawan, Man Tiger, Verso 2015, p. 107:

     Margio […] would go back to their kampong and look for gifts for her.

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

Alternative forms

• kampong (dated)

Derived terms

• kampung spirit
• vertical kampung

Translations

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kampung. According to Dempwolff, the Malay word is a derivation from Proto-Malayic *pu? (“to collect, gather”). Compare Minangkabau kampuang. Relationship to Khmer ????? (k?mp??ng, “port; landing-place”) is considered coincidental.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kamp??]
• Hyphenation: kam?pung

Noun

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

1. hamlet, village

   Synonyms: desa, dusun

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

Adjective

kampung

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

   Synonyms: kolot, terbelakang

2. (possibly derogatory) rural

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• “kampung” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Alternative forms

• (old orthography) kampong
• (abbreviation) kg.

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kampu?. According to Dempwolff, the Malay word is a derivation from Proto-Malayic *pu? (“to collect, gather”). Compare Minangkabau kampuang. Relationship to Khmer ????? (k?mp??ng, “port; landing-place”) is considered coincidental.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /kampo?/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /kamp??/
• Rhymes: -ampo?, -po?, -o?

Noun

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

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

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

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Chinese: ?? (g?nb?ng)
• ? Dutch: kampong
  • ? English: compound
• ? English: kampong / kampung
• Indonesian: kampung
• ? Min Nan: ?? (kám-pung, kam-póng, kam-p?ng), ?? (kam-kong), ?? (kàm-kong), ?? (kam-kang)

Adjective

kampung (Jawi spelling ???????, plural kampung-kampung)

1. (figuratively) low, vulgar, old-fashioned
2. (figuratively) folk, homemade, local, popular

References

• Dempwolff (1937), 3:70.

Further reading

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

Tausug

Noun

kampung

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