kekasih
Indonesian
editEtymology
editInherited from Malay kekasih, equavilent to ke- kasih.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkekasih (plural para kekasih, kekasih-kekasih, first-person possessive kekasihku, second-person possessive kekasihmu, third-person possessive kekasihnya)
- sweetheart, lover
- Synonyms: buah hati, jantung hati
Further reading
edit- “kekasih” 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
editEtymology
editCombination of ke- kasih (“love”). From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka-qasiq (“mercy, pity, affection”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkekasih (Jawi spelling ککاسيه, plural kekasih-kekasih, informal 1st possessive kekasihku, 2nd possessive kekasihmu, 3rd possessive kekasihnya)
Descendants
edit- Indonesian: kekasih
Further reading
edit- “kekasih” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
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- Indonesian terms prefixed with ke-
- Indonesian 3-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Indonesian/sɪh
- Rhymes:Indonesian/sɪh/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ɪh
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ɪh/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/h
- Rhymes:Indonesian/h/2 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
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- Rhymes:Malay/əkasih
- Rhymes:Malay/asih
- Rhymes:Malay/ih
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
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