Indonesian

Noun

empu

1. honorific title applied to artists (especially craftmen, as famous krismaker Empu Gandring) and scholars (or poets as Empu Tantular, Empu Sedah, Empu Panuluh) in ancient Javanese history.

Quotations

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əmpu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əmpu/
• Rhymes: -əmpu, -pu, -u

Noun

empu

1. honorific title applied to artists (especially craftmen, as famous krismaker Empu Gandring) and scholars (or poets as Empu Tantular, Empu Sedah, Empu Panuluh) in ancient Javanese history.

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *empu.

Noun

empu

1. Alternative form of mpu

Descendants

• Indonesian: empu