See also: Alasan

Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: a‧la‧san

Noun

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alasan

  1. a reddish-brown horse; a chestnut
  2. the color chestnut

Adjective

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alasan

  1. of the colour chestnut

Galician

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Verb

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alasan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of alasar

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Reconstructed as alas (base) +‎ -an, from Malay alasan, from Classical Malay السن (alasan), from Javanese ꦲꦭꦱꦤ꧀ (alasan, reason, excuse), from Old Javanese aleśyan (on the pretext of), leśya, liśya (excuse, pretext), from Prakrit *lissa, *līsa, *lēssa (defective), from Sanskrit लेश (leśa, figure of speech), लिश् (liś, move, go).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈalasan/
  • Hyphenation: alas‧an
  • Rhymes: -an, -n

Noun

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alasan (plural alasan-alasan, first-person possessive alasanku, second-person possessive alasanmu, third-person possessive alasannya)

  1. proof
  2. argument
  3. reason
  4. excuse

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