asah
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay asah, from Proto-Malayic *asah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hasaq, from Proto-Austronesian *Sasaq (“whet, sharpen”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈasah/
- Hyphenation: asah
- Rhymes: -asah, -sah, -ah, -h
Further reading
- “asah” 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.
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *asah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hasaq, from Proto-Austronesian *Sasaq (“whet, sharpen”).
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- pengasah [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- pengasahan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- asahan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
- mengasah [agent focus] (meN-)
- diasah [patient focus] (di-)
- terasah [agentless action] (teR-)
- berasah [stative / habitual] (beR-)
Descendants
- Indonesian: asah
Further reading
- “asah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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