sempurna

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay sempurna, from Sanskrit सम्पूर्ण (sampūrṇa, complete, entire, whole).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səmˈpurna/ [səmˈpur.na]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -urna
  • Syllabification: sem‧pur‧na

Adjective

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sêmpurna

  1. perfect; flawless
  2. complete

Conjugation

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Conjugation of sempurna (meng-, transitive)
Root sempurna
Active Involuntary Passive Basic /
Imperative
Jussive
Active menyempurna sempurnalah
Locative menyempurnai tersempurnai disempurnai sempurnai sempurnailah
Causative / Applicative1 menyempurnakan tersempurnakan disempurnakan sempurnakan sempurnakanlah
Causative
Active mempersempurna dipersempurna persempurnalah
Locative mempersempurnai dipersempurnai
Causative / Applicative1 mempersempurnakan dipersempurnakan persempurnakan persempurnakanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit सम्पूर्ण (sampūrṇa) from पूर्ण (pūrṇá, complete, entire, whole). Compare with purnama (full moon).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -a

Adjective

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sempurna (Jawi spelling سمڤورنا)

  1. perfect; complete; full
    Synonyms: genap, lengkap, kamil, penuh

Derived terms

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References

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  • Edi Sedyawati, Ellya Iswati, Kusparyati Boedhijono, Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994) Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, pages 268-9
  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “سمڤرن sĕmpoerna”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 32
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “سمڤرن sĕmporna or sĕmpurna”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 406
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “sĕmpurna”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 429