hampir

== Indonesian == === Etymology === Inherited from Malay hampir, but inconclusive. There is possibility that Malay hampir is a loanword from Dutch amper (“scarcely, barely”) as its high and almost universal usage in Flemish, in turn derived from Middle Dutch amper (“sour”), which had similar semantic development to German sehr (“very”) or Alemannic German rüüdig (“very”) and are cognates of Swedish amper and German Ampfer. Alternatively, it could possibly originate from Proto-Malayic *(h)ampɪŋ (“close to”). Thus, doublet of samping. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈhampir/ [ˈham.pɪr] Rhymes: -ampir Syllabification: ham‧pir === Adverb === hampir almost (very close to) Synonym: nyaris ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “hampir”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Malay == === Etymology Inconclusive. === There is possibility that it is a loanword from Dutch amper (“scarcely, barely”) as its high and almost universal usage in Flemish, in turn derived from Middle Dutch amper (“sour”), which had similar semantic development to German sehr (“very”) or Alemannic German rüüdig (“very”) and are cognates of Swedish amper and German Ampfer. Alternatively, it can originate from Proto-Malayic *(h)ampɪŋ (“close to”). Thus, doublet of samping. === Pronunciation === (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /ˈhampe(r)/ [ˈham.pe(r)] Rhymes: -e(r) (Literary Standard) IPA(key): /ˈhampir/ [ˈham.pir] Rhymes: -ir Hyphenation: ham‧pir === Adverb === hampir (Jawi spelling همڤير) almost very close or near to (physical distance) Synonyms: dekat, rapat, berdekatan probability and degree Synonyms: nyaris, sikit lagi (colloquial), cemas time (soon) Synonyms: menjelang, suntuk ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== > Indonesian: hampir (inherited) === References === === Further reading === "hampir" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017