tempat

Inherited from Malay tempat.

• IPA^(key): /təmpat/
• Rhymes: -əmpat, -pat, -at
• Hyphenation: têm‧pat

têmpat (plural tempat-tempat, first-person possessive tempatku, second-person possessive tempatmu, third-person possessive tempatnya)

1. place (location, position)

• “tempat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /təmpat/
  • (Kelantan-Pattani, Terengganu) IPA^(key): [təpaʔ]
• Rhymes: -pat, -at

tempat (Jawi spelling تمڤت, plural tempat-tempat, informal 1st possessive tempatku, 2nd possessive tempatmu, 3rd possessive tempatnya)

1. A place (location, position):
   1. A certain place.

      Saya sudah lama tidak balik ke tempat itu.

      I haven't gone back to that place in a long time.

   2. A place used for a specific purpose.

      tempat belajar ― learning area

   3. An area for storing something.

      tempat pakaian ― clothing area

   4. A place that is inhabited by someone or a place wherein there lies something.

      tempat berhala Cina ― place of Chinese joss

2. A part of something.

   tempat stereng ― the part with the steering wheel

3. Someone whom we talk to.

   Cikgulah tempat kita orang meluahkan rasa geram kita orang terhadap sekolah.

   The teacher is the place we release all our anger towards the school.

4. A container.

   Synonyms: bekas, wadah

   tempat bara ― smoulder container

• “tempat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.