asah
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay asah, from Proto-Malayic *asah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hasaq, from Proto-Austronesian *Sasaq (“whet, sharpen”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
asah
- to sharpen
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “asah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *asah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hasaq, from Proto-Austronesian *Sasaq (“whet, sharpen”).
Verb edit
asah (Jawi spelling اسه)
Derived terms edit
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 edit
- Indonesian: asah
Further reading edit
- “asah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.