gampang

Indonesian

FWOTD – 8 February 2024

Etymology

From Javanese ꦒꦩ꧀ꦥꦁ (gampang, easy, easy-going), from Old Javanese gampaṅ (easy, easy-going, careless, unconcerned), from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hampaŋ (easy, promiscuous). Doublet of ampang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡampaŋ/
  • Hyphenation: gam‧pang

Adjective

gampang

  1. easy (requiring little skill or effort)
    Synonym: mudah
    Antonym: sukar
    • 2002, Goenawan Mohamad, Sekuler:
      Dengan gampang pula ada semangat untuk memurnikan diri, membersihkan dari segala campuran asing atau luar, semakin lama semakin keras, semakin lama semakin mengurung. Akhirnya: fundamentalisme.
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  2. unimportant
    Synonyms: enteng, remeh, sepele

Derived terms

  • gampang-gampangan
  • gampangan
  • menggampangkan
  • segampang
  • anak gampang

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

gampang

  1. Romanization of ꦒꦩ꧀ꦥꦁ

Malay

Etymology

Compare to Indonesian anak gampang (bastard, literally easy child).

Noun

gampang (Jawi spelling ݢمڤڠ, plural gampang-gampang, informal 1st possessive gampangku, 2nd possessive gampangmu, 3rd possessive gampangnya)

  1. (chiefly Malaysia) bastard (child born out of wedlock)

Adjective

gampang (Jawi spelling ݢمڤڠ)

  1. (chiefly Indonesia) easy

Descendants

  • Indonesian: gampang
  • Min Nan: 公萬公万 (kong-bān)

Further reading

Sundanese

Romanization

gampang

  1. Romanization of ᮌᮙ᮪ᮕᮀ
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