jampi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay jampi, from Sanskrit जप (japa, “muttering prayer”). Equivalent to *japa +‎ -em-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒampi]
  • Hyphenation: jam‧pi

Noun

jampi (plural jampi-jampi, first-person possessive jampiku, second-person possessive jampimu, third-person possessive jampinya)

  1. spell (a formula supposed to have magical powers)
    Synonym: mantra

Derived terms
  • berjampi
  • jampi-jampi
  • jampian
  • jejampi
  • menjampi
  • menjampikan

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

jampi

  1. Romanization of ꦗꦩ꧀ꦥꦶ

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit जप (japa, “muttering prayer”). Equivalent to *japa +‎ -em-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒampi/
  • Rhymes: -pi, -i

Noun

jampi (Jawi spelling جمڤي, plural jampi-jampi, informal 1st possessive jampiku, 2nd possessive jampimu, 3rd possessive jampinya)

  1. spell (a formula supposed to have magical powers)
    Synonym: mantera

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • penjampi [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • penjampian [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
  • jampian [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
  • kejampian [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
  • jampi-jampi [reduplication] (redup)
  • menjampi [agent focus] (meN-)
  • menjampikan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
  • dijampi [patient focus] (di-)
  • dijampikan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
  • terjampi [agentless action] (teR-)
  • berjampi [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

  • jejampi

Descendants
  • Indonesian: jampi

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

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Noun

jampi

  1. medicine, cure, remedy
    Synonyms: jampi, jampyan, oṣadha, oṣadhi, tamba, tambā, uṣadha, uwat, waidya, wedya

Derived terms
  • ajampyan
  • aṅjampi
  • jampyan
  • jinampyakĕn
  • jinampyan
  • makajampyan

Descendants

Further reading
  • "jampi" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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