hampir

Indonesian

Etymology

Inconclusive. There is possibility that Indonesian hampir is a loanword from Dutch amper (“scarcely, barely”) as its high and almost universal usage in Flemish, which in turn was derived from Middle Dutch amper (“sour”), which had similar semantic development to German sehr (“very”) and Alemannic German rüüdig (“very”) and cognates of Swedish amper and German Ampfer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ham.pir/

Adverb

hampir

1. almost (very close to)

Derived terms

• berhampiran
• hampir-hampir
• hampiran
• hampirkan
• menghampiri
• menghampirkan

 

Further reading

• “hampir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

Possibly from Dutch amper (“scarcely, barely”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ham.pɪ(r)/
• Rhymes: -ir

Adverb

hampir

1. almost (very close to)