ampas

ampas

1. leftover, remains

• Hyphenation: am‧pas
• IPA^(key): /ʔamˈpas/ [ʔamˈpas]

ampas

1. cliff

   Synonym: bakilid

From Malay ampas (“leftovers”).

ampas m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. (chiefly Indonesia, Suriname) bagasse (the residue from processing sugar cane after the juice is extracted)

   Synonyms: bagasse, tras

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈampas/ [ˈam.pas]
• Rhymes: -ampas
• Syllabification: am‧pas

From Malay hampas, ampas, from Classical Malay همڤس (hampas), امڤاس (ampas).

ampas (plural ampas-ampas)

1. waste
2. dregs, slag
3. (mining) tails; tailing
4. bagasse (the residue from processing sugar cane after the juice is extracted)

ampas (comparative lebih ampas, superlative paling ampas)

1. (figurative) bad, ugly
2. (figurative) useless
3. (figurative) futile

Borrowed from Saluan [Term?]

ampas (plural ampas-ampas)

1. (dialect) a mat measuring 2x2 meters or more made from long pandan leaves, as wide as a little finger and dried [since 2024]

Borrowed from Banggai [Term?]

ampas (plural ampas-ampas)

1. (dialect) direction signs made from cut bushes, placed at road intersections [since 2024]

Borrowed from Berau Malay [Term?]

ampas

1. (dialect) to pile something up, then hit it with a wooden stick, with the aim of cleaning it [since 2024]

• “ampas”, 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

ampas f pl

1. plural of ampa