# sapu
## English
### Etymology

From Malay sapu.

### Pronunciation

* (Singapore) IPA: /ˈsɑpuː/

### Verb

sapu (third-person singular simple present sapus, present participle sapuing, simple past and past participle sapued)
* (Singapore, colloquial) to eat up
** 2004 June 6, “Beancurd made me fat”, in The Sunday Times (LifeStyle), page 31:I liked to sapu everything.
* (Singapore, colloquial) to steal

### Anagrams

* SPUA, UAPs, puas, USAP, AUPs, Apsu, PUAs, Apus, pa'us, APUs, Puas, paus, upas

## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsapu/ [ˈsa.pu]
* Rhymes: -apu
* Hyphenation: sa‧pu

### Noun

sapu m (plural sapos)
* toad

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay sapu, from Proto-Malayic *sapu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsa.pu/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -pu, -u
* Hyphenation: sa‧pu

### Noun

sapu (plural sapu-sapu)
* broom

### Verb

sapu
* to sweep

### Derived terms

* disapu
* menyapu
* menyapu-nyapu
* menyapukan
* penyapu
* penyapuan
* sapuan
* tersapu
* sapu bersih
* sapu jagat
* saputangan

### Further reading

* “sapu” 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.

## Javanese
### Etymology

From Old Javanese sapu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

### Noun

sapu
* broom

## Leonese
### Etymology

From Spanish sapo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsapu/, [ˈsa.pu]
* Rhymes: -apu
* Hyphenation: sa‧pu

### Noun

sapu m (plural sapos)
* toad

### References

* sapu at the Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano.
* sapu at the Pallabeiru Llïonés.

## Maguindanao
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

#### Noun

sapu
* broom

### Etymology 2

Unknown.

#### Noun

sapu
* meat

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *sapu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu (“to wipe off or brush off; broom”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sapu/
* Rhymes: -apu, -pu

### Noun

sapu (Jawi spelling ساڤو, plural sapu-sapu, informal 1st possessive sapuku, 2nd possessive sapumu, 3rd possessive sapunya)
* broom

### Verb

sapu (Jawi spelling ساڤو)
* to sweep with a broom
* to wipe
* (slang) to embezzle

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* penyapu [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
* penyapuan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
* menyapu [agent focus] (meN-)
* menyapukan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
* disapu [patient focus] (di-)
* disapukan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
* tersapu [agentless action] (teR-)
* bersapu [stative / habitual] (beR-)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
* menyapu-nyapu
* saputangan

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: sapu
* → English: sapu

#### Further reading

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

## Old Javanese
### Noun

sapu
* broom

#### Descendants

* Javanese: sapu

## Tausug
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

### Verb

sapu (used in the form magsapu)
* to wipe