hampir

Indonesian

Etymology

Inconclusive. There is possibility that Indonesian hampir is a loanword from Dutch amper (“scarcely, barely”) as its high and almost universal usage in Flemish, which in turn was derived from Middle Dutch amper (“sour”), which had similar semantic development to German sehr (“very”) and Alemannic German rüüdig (“very”) and cognates of Swedish amper and German Ampfer.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ham.pir/

Adverb

hampir

almost (very close to)

Derived terms

berhampiran
hampir-hampir
hampiran
hampirkan
menghampiri
menghampirkan

Further reading

“hampir” 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

Etymology

Possibly from Dutch amper (“scarcely, barely”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ham.pɪ(r)/
Rhymes: -ir

Adverb

hampir

almost (very close to)

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