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bahasa

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Cia-Cia

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Etymology

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From Indonesian bahasa, from Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, language).

Noun

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bahasa (Hangul spelling 바하사)

  1. language

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Indonesian bahasa, ultimately from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, language).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baː.ɦaː.saː/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ha‧sa

Noun

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bahasa n (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial, Netherlands) Indonesian language

Indonesian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baˈha.sa/
  • Rhymes: -sa
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ha‧sa

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, language).

Noun

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bahasa (first-person possessive bahasaku, second-person possessive bahasamu, third-person possessive bahasanya)

  1. language
    1. a body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication
    2. a sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field
    3. the expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does
    4. a body of sounds, signs and/or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate
    5. the particular words used in a speech or a passage of text
    6. (computing) a computer language; a machine language
      Synonyms: bahasa komputer, bahasa mesin
  2. speech
  3. manner
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Dutch: bahasa
  • English: Bahasa (along with Malay bahasa)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?]

Conjunction

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bahasa

  1. (dialect) parts of speech

Etymology 3

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Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

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bahasa

  1. (dialect) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Further reading

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Malay

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, language).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bahasa (Jawi spelling بهاس, plural bahasa-bahasa, informal 1st possessive bahasaku, 2nd possessive bahasamu, 3rd possessive bahasanya)

  1. language (system of communication using words or symbols)
    bahasa MelayuMalay (language)
  2. speech
  3. good manners
    Synonyms: sopan santun, adab

Affixations

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Compounds

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Descendants

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References

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  • Edi Sedyawati, Ellya Iswati, Kusparyati Boedhijono, Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994) Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, page 18

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Tausug

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Pronunciation

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  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /bahasa/ [ba.ɦɑˈsa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ba‧ha‧sa

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, language).

Noun

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bahasa (Sulat Sūg spelling بَهَسَ)

  1. language
    Malapal tuud siya magbissara sin bahasa Anggalis sabab sadja siya magbassa.
    He is very fluent in the English language because he always reads alot.

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Indonesian and Malay bahasa (language), itself from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, language), as a shortening of Bahasa Indonesia/Bahasa Malaysia.

Noun

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bahasa (Sulat Sūg spelling بَهَسَ)

  1. Malay-Indonesian language
    Maingat hi Jamila magbissara sin bahasa.
    Jamila knows how to speak Malay and Indonesian language.
Derived terms
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Yakan

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, language).

Noun

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bahasa

  1. language

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Indonesian and Malay bahasa (language), itself from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, language), as a shortening of Bahasa Indonesia/Bahasa Malaysia.

Noun

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bahasa

  1. Malay-Indonesian language