basmi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay basmi, from Sanskrit भस्म (bhasma, “ash”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bas.mi/
• Hyphenation: bas‧mi

Verb

basmi

1. to erase, to eradicate

Conjugation

Conjugation of basmi (meng-, transitive)

root	basmi
	active	passive		basic imperative	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
nominative	membasmi	terbasmi	dibasmi	basmi	basmilah
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2	membasmikan	terbasmikan	dibasmikan	basmikan	basmikanlah
	causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2

¹ There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• membasmi
• pembasmi
• pembasmian
• terbasmi

Further reading

• “basmi”, 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