ĕmpu

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *empu. Cognate with Toba Batak ompu, Malay perempuan.

Noun

ĕmpu

1. a distinguished person
2. religious persons (brahmans and others)
3. sir, master, lord
4. the honorable or reverend

Alternative forms

• pu
• mpu
• ampu

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦸ (empu)

Further reading

• "ĕmpu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.