hisap

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *hisəp, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hisəp, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hisəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qisəp, from the root *-səp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hi.sap]
• Rhymes: -sap, -ap
• Hyphenation: hi‧sap

Verb

hisap (Jawi spelling هيسڤ, active menghisap, 3rd person passive dihisap)

1. (transitive) to suck; to use the mouth to pull something in (of one's thumb, opium-smoking, tobacco-smoking, etc.)

   Synonym: sedut

   hisap rokok ― to smoke (lit. "to suck a cigarette")

Affixations

• hisapan
• penghisap
• penghisapan

 

Compounds

• hisap benak
• hisap darah

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: hisap

Further reading

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