ubah

Iban

Etymology

From Malay ubah.

Verb

ubah

  1. (intransitive) to change (to become something different)
  2. (transitive) to change (to make something into something different)

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay ubah.

Pronunciation

Verb

ubah (basic-imperative ubah, active transitive mengubah, ordinary passive diubah, adversative passive terubah)

  1. (transitive) to change (to make something into something different)
  2. (intransitive, uncommon) to change (to become something different)
    Synonym: berubah
  3. (transitive) to alter (to change the form or structure of)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ubah (meng-, ber-, absolute transitive, irregular alternative forms)
root ubah
active passive basic
imperative
emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative mengubah, merubah, berubah terubah diubah, dirubah ubah, rubah ubahlah, rubahlah
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2
causative
nominative memperubah diperubah perubah
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 alternative forms are from rubah, a rebracketing of berubah (not related to rubah (fox)).
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ubah/
  • Rhymes: -ubah, -bah, -ah

Verb

ubah (Jawi spelling اوبه)

  1. (intransitive) to change (to become something different)
  2. (transitive) to change (to make something into something different)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: ubah
  • Iban: ubah

Further reading