kasih

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kasih, from Proto-Malayic *kasih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka-qasiq (“mercy; pity; affection”), *qasiq (“pity, compassion, affection, love, sympathy, forgiveness”).

The sense of "to give" may be semantic extension from the action of loving into repaying or providing reciprocal affection.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.sɪh/
  • Rhymes: -sɪh, -ɪh, -h
  • Hyphenation: ka‧sih

Noun

kasih (uncountable, uncommon)

  1. love, often referring to unconditional and compassionate love
    Synonyms: sayang, cinta
    1. a deep caring for the existence of another
    2. a profound and caring affection towards someone

Verb

kasih (active mengasih, passive dikasih) (ditransitive, colloquial)

  1. synonym of beri (“to give”)

Derived terms

Affixed terms
  • berkasih
  • berkasih-kasihan
  • kasihan
  • kasihi
  • kekasih
  • pekasih
  • pengasih
  • pengasihan
  • terkasih
Compound terms

Further reading

Maguindanao

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kasih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka-qasiq (“mercy, pity, affection”).

Noun

kasih

  1. love

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka-qasiq (“mercy, pity, affection”).

First attested in the Kota Kapur inscription, 686 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (kasīh), in inflected form kasīhan (current spelling kasihan). Sense of "giving" may be semantic extension from the action of loving into repaying or providing reciprocal affection.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kasih/
  • Rhymes: -asih, -sih, -ih
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [kä.sɪh, -seh, -se̞h]
  • Rhymes: -eh

Noun

kasih (Jawi spelling کاسيه, plural kasih-kasih)

  1. love, care, affection
    Synonym: sayang

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Verb

kasih

  1. to love, to show affection for
  2. (rare) to give
    Synonyms: kasi, beri, bagi

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • pengasih (“lover”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • kekasih (“lover”) [passive] (ke-)
  • kasihan (“pity, sympathy”) [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
  • mengasihani (“to pity”) [agent focus + repetition / reciprocity + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -an + -i)
  • mengasihi (“to love”) [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
  • berkasih-kasihan (“to be in love with each other”) [reduplication + stative / habitual + repetition / reciprocity] (redup + beR- + -an)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

  • → Maguindanao: kasih
  • → Tagalog: kasi
  • → Tausug: kasi

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کاسه kasih”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 74
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کاسه kaseh”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 494-5
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kaseh”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 514

Further reading

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