kasaraʼ

Makasar

Etymology

Cognate with Malay kasar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkasaraʔ/, [ˈkʰa.sa.raʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧sa‧raʼ

Adjective

kasaraʼ (Lontara spelling ᨀᨔᨑ)

  1. coarse, rough (not smooth).
    Antonym: alusuʼ

Verb

kasaraʼ (Lontara spelling ᨀᨔᨑ, semi-transitive akkasaraʼ)

  1. (transitive) to manifest, to take on a material form (of spirits, e.g. the spirit of a murdered person), to appear.

Affixations

  • ampakkasarrang
  • ampakkasarri

Further reading

  • A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎[1], Brill, →DOI
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