ampelas

Indonesian

ampelas dengan tingkat kekasaran dan warna yang berbeda.

Alternative forms

• amplas, empelas (nonstandard)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sundanese hampelas.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ampəˈlas/ [am.pəˈlas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: am‧pe‧las

Noun

ampêlas (plural ampelas-ampelas)

1. sandpaper
   1. a strong paper coated with sand, ground glass, or other abrasive material for smoothing and polishing

      Synonym: amril

   2. a sheet of such paper
2. any tree in the Ficus ampelos family

Verb

ampêlas (active mengampelas, passive diampelas) (transitive)

1. to sand (to abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it)

   Synonym: amril

Derived terms

• ampelasi
• pengampelas
• pengampelasan

Further reading

• ampelas on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id
• ampelas (pohon) on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id
• “ampelas”, 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