maaf
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay maaf, from Classical Malay maaf, ma'af, from Arabic مُعَاف (muʕāf, “exempt (from taxation)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ma.ˈʔaf]
Further reading
- “maaf” 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
Alternative forms
- maap
- mahap
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -af
Noun
maaf (plural maaf-maaf, informal 1st possessive maafku, 2nd possessive maafmu, 3rd possessive maafnya)
- pardon, forgiveness
- Synonym: ampun
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- pemaaf [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- maafan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
- permaaf [causative passive] (peR-)
- maafkan (“to let (someone) off”) [causative benefactive] (-kan)
- maafi (“to forgive”) [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
- memaaf [agent focus] (meN-)
- dimaaf [patient focus] (di-)
- termaaf [agentless action] (teR-)
- bermaaf [stative / habitual] (beR-)
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