rosak

Malay

Etymology

See also Javanese rusak ("damaged").

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aʔ

Adjective

rosak (Jawi spelling روسق)

1. out of order, damaged

   Maaf, lif ini rosak.

   Sorry, the elevator is out of order.

Alternative forms

• rusak: nonstandard Malay, standard Indonesian

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• perosak [passive / name of profession] (pe-)
• rosakan [timespan / emotion] (-an)
• kerosakan [resemblance / passive] (ke-an)
• merosak [agent focus] (meN-)
• merosakkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• dirosak [patient focus] (di-)
• dirosakkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• terosak [agentless action] (teR-)
• berosak [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Further reading

• “rosak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.