kampong

or cam·pong

[ kahm-pawng, -pong, kahm-pawng, -pong ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

kampong

/ kæmˈpɒŋ; ˈkæmpɒŋ /

Origin of kampong¹

1835–45; < Malay kampung, kampong grouping or gathering together, especially a village; compound ²

Origin of kampong¹

C19: from Malay

And so I laughed again when I heard of a small outbreak in Kampong Raja.

There are suggestions of a perkara with a woman, in the kampong, of jealousy.

The people of the village feasted abundantly— Jenoh-lah di-makan orang kampong itu.

The headman of the village received him— Di-sambut-kan-nia kapala kampong.

There they stood, mystified at seeing white men in the village Kampong.

The compound in which the victims of "Chinese slavery" languished is the Malay kampong, an enclosure.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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