kekasih
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#KEKASIHCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#KEKASIH kekasih, equavilent to ke- + kasihCategory:Indonesian terms prefixed with ke-#KASIH.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈka.sih/, [kəˈka.sɪh]Category:Indonesian 3-syllable words#KEKASIHCategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#KEKASIH
Category:Indonesian terms with audio pronunciation#KEKASIHAudio: (file) - Rhymes: -sɪh, -ɪh, -hCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/sɪh#KEKASIHCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/sɪh/2 syllables#KEKASIHCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ɪh#KEKASIHCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ɪh/2 syllables#KEKASIHCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/h#KEKASIHCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/h/2 syllables#KEKASIH
- Hyphenation: kê‧ka‧sih
Noun
kekasih (plural kekasih-kekasih or para kekasih)Category:Indonesian lemmas#KEKASIHCategory:Indonesian nouns#KEKASIHCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#KEKASIHCategory:Pages with entries#KEKASIHCategory:Pages with 2 entries#KEKASIH
- sweetheart, lover
- Synonyms: buah hati, jantung hati
Further reading
- “kekasih”, 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
Combination of ke- + kasih (“love”)Category:Malay terms prefixed with ke-#KASIH. From Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#KEKASIHCategory:Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#KEKASIH *ka-qasiq (“mercy, pity, affection”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəkasih/Category:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#KEKASIH
- Rhymes: -əkasih, -asih, -ihCategory:Rhymes:Malay/əkasih#KEKASIHCategory:Rhymes:Malay/asih#KEKASIHCategory:Rhymes:Malay/ih#KEKASIH
- (Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA(key): [kəkäsɪh, -eh, e̞h]Category:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#KEKASIH
Noun
kekasih (Jawi spelling ککاسيه, plural kekasih-kekasih or kekasih2)Category:Malay lemmas#KEKASIHCategory:Malay nouns#KEKASIHCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#KEKASIHCategory:Pages with entries#KEKASIHCategory:Pages with 2 entries#KEKASIH
- lover; beloved person
- Synonyms: mata air, sayang
- Kekasihku seseorang yang bersuara merdu.
- My lover is someone who has the voice of an angel.
Descendants
- Indonesian: kekasih
Further reading
- "kekasih" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
- Austronesian Comparative Dictionary