kampas

See also: Kampas and kampās

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch canvas. Doublet of kanabis and kanvas.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkampas/ [ˈkam.pas]
• Rhymes: -ampas
• Syllabification: kam‧pas

Noun

kampas (plural kampas-kampas)

1. canvas, a type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents

Further reading

• “kampas”, 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