Wiktionary

ubah

Iban

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Etymology

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From Malay ubah.

Verb

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ubah

  1. (intransitive) to change (to become something different)
  2. (transitive) to change (to make something into something different)

Indonesian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Malay ubah. Ultimately from Sanskrit उभा (ubhā, “to erect”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʊbah]
  • Hyphenation: ú‧bah

Verb

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ubah (root imperative úbah, active transitive mengubah, active intransitive berubah, ordinary passive diubah, adversative passive terubah)

  1. to change:
    1. (transitive) to make something into something different
    2. (intransitive) to become something different
  2. to alter: to change the form or structure of

Conjugation

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Conjugation of ubah (meng-, ber-, absolute transitive, irregular alternative forms)
Root ubah
Active Involuntary Passive Basic /
Imperative 		Emphatic /
Jussive
Active mengubah, merubah, berubah terubah diubah, dirubah ubah, rubah ubahlah, rubahlah
Locative
Causative / Applicative1
Causative
Locative
Causative / Applicative1
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some alternative forms are from rubah, a rebracketing of berubah (not related to rubah (“fox”)).
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit उभा (ubhā, “to erect”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ubah (Jawi spelling اوبه)

  1. (intransitive) to change (to become something different)
  2. (transitive) to change (to make something into something different)

Derived terms

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Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: ubah
  • → Iban: ubah

Further reading

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