asuh
Iban
Verb
asuh
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦱꦸꦃ (asuh, “strong”, literally “binded”) as a broom.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈasuh/ [ˈa.sʊh]
- Rhymes: -asuh
- Syllabification: a‧suh
Verb
asuh (base asuh, imperative asuh, active mengasuh, ordinary passive diasuh, adversative passive terasuh)
- to bring up, to rear
- to educate
- to take care, to attend to, to look after, to provide for
- to nurse, to tend (a patient)
- Synonym: merawat
- to organize, to run
- to nurture
Derived terms
- asuhan
- diasuh
- kepengasuhan
- mengasuh
- pengasuh
- pengasuhan
- terasuh
Related terms
Further reading
- “asuh” 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.