oase
See also: Oase
Dutch
Alternative forms
- oasis (obsolete)
Etymology
19th century, probably from German Oase, which see. Alternatively an independent backformation from the Latin plural oases.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Descendants
- → Indonesian: oase
Indonesian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Dutch oase, from Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis), from Demotic wḥj, earlier hieroglyphic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈasə/
- Rhymes: -sə, -ə
- Hyphenation: o‧a‧sê
Noun
oasê (plural oase-oase, first-person possessive oaseku, second-person possessive oasemu, third-person possessive oasenya)
Further reading
- “oase” 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.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Demotic wḥj via Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis).
References
- “oase” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Demotic wḥj via Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis).
References
- “oase” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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