sapu

See also: sapú, sa'pu, and šapu

English

Etymology

From Malay sapu.

Pronunciation

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑpuː/

Verb

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

Anagrams

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

Asturian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sapu m (plural sapos)

1. toad

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pu/

• Audio:

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

Noun

sapu (plural sapu-sapu)

1. broom

Verb

sapu

1. to sweep

Derived terms

• disapu
• menyapu
• menyapu-nyapu
• menyapukan
• penyapu
• penyapuan
• sapuan
• tersapu

• sapu bersih
• sapu jagat
• saputangan

Further reading

• “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.

Javanese

Etymology

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

Noun

sapu

1. broom

Leonese

Etymology

From Spanish sapo.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sapu m (plural sapos)

1. toad

References

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

Maguindanao

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

Noun

sapu

1. broom

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

sapu

1. meat

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sapu/
• Rhymes: -apu, -pu

Noun

sapu (Jawi spelling ساڤو, plural sapu-sapu, informal 1st possessive sapuku, 2nd possessive sapumu, 3rd possessive sapunya)

1. broom

Verb

sapu (Jawi spelling ساڤو)

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

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penyapu [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penyapuan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• menyapu [agent focus] (meN-)
• menyapukan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• disapu [patient focus] (di-)
• disapukan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• tersapu [agentless action] (teR-)
• bersapu [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• menyapu-nyapu
• saputangan

Descendants

• Indonesian: sapu
• → English: sapu

Further reading

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

Old Javanese

Noun

sapu

1. broom

Descendants

• Javanese: sapu

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

Verb

sapu (used in the form magsapu)

1. to wipe