basmi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay basmi, from Sanskrit भस्म (bhasma, ash).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bas.mi/
  • Hyphenation: bas‧mi

Verb

basmi

  1. to erase, to eradicate

Conjugation

Conjugation of basmi (meng-, transitive)
root basmi
active passive basic
imperative
emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative membasmi terbasmi dibasmi basmi basmilah
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2 membasmikan terbasmikan dibasmikan basmikan basmikanlah
causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2

1 There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

  • membasmi
  • pembasmi
  • pembasmian
  • terbasmi

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