kempen

See also: Kempen

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English campaign, from French campagne, from Italian campagna, from Late Latin campānia, from Latin campus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kempen]
  • Rhymes: -empen, -pen, -en

Noun

kempen (Jawi spelling کيمڤين, plural kempen-kempen)

  1. campaign (series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English *cempan, from Proto-Germanic *kampijaną.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛmpən/

Verb

kempen

  1. (rare) To war, to enter into conflict.

Descendants

References

Etymology 2

From Old English cempan, plural of cempa, from Proto-Germanic *kampijaniz, plural of *kampijô; equivalent to kempe (“soldier”) +‎ -en (“plural suffix”).

Noun

kempen

  1. plural of kempe (“soldier”)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English campaign.

Noun

kempen

  1. campaign
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