masak

See also: MASAK, Masak, and masák

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmasak/ [ˈma.sak̚]
• Rhymes: -asak
• Syllabification: ma‧sak

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay masak, from Proto-Malayic *masak.

Adjective

masak (comparative lebih masak, superlative paling masak)

1. cooked, done
2. ripe

   Synonym: matang

3. (figurative) final, finished; brought to a state of complete readiness.
4. (of a person) mature; fully developed; grown up (typically in terms behavior or thinking).

   Synonym: matang

Verb

masak (active memasak, ordinary passive dimasak, imperative masak, emphatic-jussive masaklah)

1. to cook

Derived terms

Affixations

• bermasak-masak
• kemasakan
• masak-masak
• masak-memasak
• masakan
• memasak
• memasak-masak
• memasakkan
• pemasak
• pemasakan

Compounds

• masak air
• masak ajar
• masak akal
• masak besar
• masak dini
• masak kelamin
• masak lambat
• masak lum
• masak masai
• masak niat
• masak pote
• masak sekolah
• masak tangan
• masak timbangan

Etymology 2

Adverb

masak

1. alternative spelling of masa

Further reading

• “masak”, 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 *masak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-esak (“cooked, ripe”).

Sense of adjective like "in trouble" comparable in parallel to English cooked though independently developed and not a calque - popularity of English cooked only became prevalent in the late 2020s

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmasak/ [ˈma.saʔ]
• Rhymes: -asaʔ, -saʔ, -aʔ
• Hyphenation: ma‧sak

Verb

masak (Jawi spelling ماسق)(transitive)

1. (~ lauk) to cook (prepare (food) for eating)

   Synonyms: (of rice) tanak, jerang

2. (~ air) to boil, to seethe (of water)

   Synonym: jerang

3. (obsolete) to smelt

Derived terms

Affixations

• bermasak-masak
• kemasakan
• masak-masak
• masak-memasak
• masakan
• memasak
• memasak-masak
• memasakkan
• pemasak
• pemasakan

Compounds

• masak-masak
• tukang masak

Adjective

masak (Jawi spelling ماسق, comparative lebih masak, superlative paling masak)

1. (of food) cooked
2. (of fruits and grain) ripe

   Synonym: matang

3. (slang, Malaysia) In trouble; in a hopeless situation; doomed, screwed, cooked

   Dia perhabiskan duit belanja dia tikam watak awek, memang masaklah dia kena goreng ― He spent his allowance on gacha waifus, he's doomed getting grilled on

Descendants

• > Indonesian: masak (inherited)

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “ماسق masak”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 127
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “ماسق masak”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 634
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “masak”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 585

Further reading

• "masak" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "masak" at PRPM first version)
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *esak

Mokilese

Verb

masak

1. (stative) to be hard

References

• Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary‎^[1], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 147