sampo

Probably equivalent to sammas (“world pillar in Finnic mythology”) +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑmpo/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝mpo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑmpo
• Syllabification^(key): sam‧po
• Hyphenation^(key): sam‧po

sampo

1. (Finnic mythology) a magical artifact that provides wealth to its owner

• kirjokansi

• “sampo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• sompa

From Dutch shampoo, from English shampoo, from Hindi चाँपो (cā̃po), चाँपना (cā̃pnā, “to press; to shampoo”). For retention of old -o- instead of *-u- from English ⟨-oo-⟩, compare iglo (from Dutch iglo) and tato.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsampo]
• Hyphenation: sam‧po

sampo (plural sampo-sampo)

1. shampoo

• syampu (Standard Malay)

• “sampo”, 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

• IPA^(key): [ˈsampɔ]

sampo (Lontara spelling ᨔᨄᨚ)

1. alternative spelling of sampu

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /samˈpoʔ/ [sɐmˈpoʔ]

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• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: sam‧po

sampô (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜉᜓ) (colloquial)

1. alternative form of sampu

sampô (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜉᜓ) (obsolete)

1. alternative form of sampon

• According to Fr. Noceda and Fr. Sanlucar, the term sampon usually loses its final ⟨n⟩ when followed by any word starting with ⟨n⟩ such as ng, or ni, naman.

• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 1149