sapu

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See also: sapú, sa'pu, and šapu

English

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Etymology

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From Malay sapu.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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Asturian

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Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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sapu m (plural sapos)

  1. toad

Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.pu/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -pu, -u
  • Hyphenation: sa‧pu

Noun

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sapu (plural sapu-sapu, first-person possessive sapuku, second-person possessive sapumu, third-person possessive sapunya)

  1. broom

Verb

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sapu

  1. to sweep

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Javanese

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Etymology

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

Noun

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sapu

  1. broom

Leonese

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Etymology

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From Spanish sapo.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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sapu m (plural sapos)

  1. toad

References

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

Maguindanao

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

Noun

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sapu

  1. broom

Etymology 2

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Unknown.

Noun

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sapu

  1. meat

Malay

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. broom

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: sapu

Verb

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sapu (Jawi spelling ساڤو)

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Old Javanese

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Noun

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sapu

  1. broom

Descendants

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Tausug

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

Verb

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sapu (used in the form magsapu)

  1. to wipe