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Inherited from Malay lampu, from Malayo-Portuguese lampu, from Dutch lamp (“lamp”), from Middle Dutch lampe, from Old French lampe, from Latin lampas (“lamp; torch; lantern”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch; lamp”), from λάμπω (lámpō, “shine”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“glow”). Doublet of lampion.

lampu (plural **lampu-lampu)

  1. lamp
    Synonym: pelita

lampu f

  1. inflection of lampa:
    1. accusative/instrumental singular
    2. genitive plural

Borrowed from Malayo-Portuguese lampu (whence Tugunese and Kristang lampu),[1] from Dutch lamp (“lamp”), from Middle Dutch lampe, from Old French lampe, from Latin lampas (“lamp; torch; lantern”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch; lamp”), from λάμπω (lámpō, “shine”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“glow”).

lampu (Jawi spelling لمڤو, plural **lampu-lampu or **lampu2)

  1. lamp
    Synonym: pelita
  2. (figurative) enlightener of thought and spirit
  1. ^ Indonesian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

lampu

  1. accusative singular of lampa