asah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay asah, from Proto-Malayic *asah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hasaq, from Proto-Austronesian *Sasaq (“whet, sharpen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasah/
• Hyphenation: asah
• Rhymes: -asah, -sah, -ah, -h

Verb

asah

1. to sharpen

Derived terms

• asahan
• berasah
• mengasah
• pengasah
• pengasahan
• terasah

• asah asih asuh
• asah terampil

Further reading

• “asah” 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

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *asah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hasaq, from Proto-Austronesian *Sasaq (“whet, sharpen”).

Verb

asah (Jawi spelling اسه)

1. to sharpen; to whet
2. to grind; to file

   Synonyms: canai, kisar

Derived terms

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

• Indonesian: asah

Further reading

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