asah

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈasah/ [ˈa.sah]
• Rhymes: -asah
• Syllabification: a‧sah

Verb

asah

1. to sharpen

Derived terms

Affixations

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

Compounds

• asah asih asuh
• asah terampil

Further reading

• “asah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasah/ [ˈa.sah]
• Rhymes: -asah, -sah, -ah
• Hyphenation: a‧sah

Verb

asah (Jawi spelling اسه)

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

   Synonyms: canai, kisar

Derived terms

Affixations

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

Descendants

• > Indonesian: asah (inherited)

Further reading

• "asah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈsɑːx/

Verb

āsāh

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of āsīgan