Where does “mengumpamakan” come from?
mengumpamakan (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,...
mengumpamakan (Indonesian): to compare to, to liken to
Definitions
- to compare to, to liken to
Ancestry of “mengumpamakan”, step by step
mengumpamakan 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- -kan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | meng- -kan | used to form adjectives that denoting the presence of a quality in any degree (typically abundance of) |
| 2 | Indonesian | meng- | agent focus, frequently but erroneously called... |
| 3 | Malay | meng- | agent focus, frequently but erroneously called... |
| 4 | Proto-Malayic | *mAN- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | *maN- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | *maN- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *maN- | inflectional prefix marking actor voice |