gampong

Indonesian

Etymology

From Acehnese gampông, from Proto-Malayic *puŋ (“to collect, gather”). Doublet of kampung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡampɔŋ]
• Hyphenation: gam‧pong

Noun

gampong (first-person possessive gampongku, second-person possessive gampongmu, third-person possessive gampongnya)

1. A traditional Aceh village.
2. A traditional Aceh administrative division which is a subdivision of mukim and divided into several dusun or jurong.

Further reading

• “gampong” 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.