Where does “mengumpamai” come from?
mengumpamai (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian umpama, from Malay umpama, from Pali upamā, from Sanskrit उपमा, from Tamil உப்புமா, from Tamil உப்பு, from Latin cuppu, from Late Latin cuppa — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
mengumpamai (Indonesian): to be similar to, to resemble; to equate to
Definitions
- to be similar to, to resemble; to equate to
Ancestry of “mengumpamai”, step by step
mengumpamai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian umpama
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | umpama | instance, model, example; as though, like, as if |
| 2 | Malay | umpama | instance, model, example; as though, like, as if |
| 3 | Pali | upamā | simile; parable; comparison |
| 4 | Sanskrit | उपमा | similarity, resemblance |
| 5 | Tamil | உப்புமா | upma, a South Indian dish |
| 6 | Tamil | உப்பு | salt, saltiness |
| 7 | Latin | cuppu | — |
| 8 | Late Latin | cuppa | drinking vessel; barrel, cask; axle |
| 9 | Latin | cūpa | tub, cask, tun, vat |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | κώπη | a handle |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kóh₂p-eh₂ | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
via Indonesian meng- -i
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | meng- -i | — |
| 2 | Indonesian | -i | verbal suffix for manipulating, completing, or placing the object from a noun |
| 3 | Malay | -i | locative, repetitive, or exhaustive; added to... |
| 4 | English | -ee | Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a... |
| 5 | French | -ée | Forming feminine nouns having the sense of... |
| 6 | Middle French | -ee | forms a feminine noun indicating a quantity or content measured by what the base noun denotes, often translatable as |
| 7 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -εῖος | Forms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |