asah

Inherited from Malay asah, from Proto-Malayic *asah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hasaq, from Proto-Austronesian *Sasaq (“whet, sharpen”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈasah/ [ˈa.sah]
• Rhymes: -asah
• Syllabification: a‧sah

asah

1. to sharpen

• “asah”, 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

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *asah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hasaq, from Proto-Austronesian *Sasaq (“whet, sharpen”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈasah/ [ˈa.sah]
• Rhymes: -asah, -sah, -ah
• Hyphenation: a‧sah

asah (Jawi spelling اسه)

1. to sharpen; to whet
2. to grind; to file

   Synonyms: canai, kisar

• > Indonesian: asah (inherited)

• “asah”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈsɑːx/

āsāh

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of āsīgan