kasih – Indonesian verb conjugation

Hyphenation: ka‧sih

Infinitive

kasih

Root

Active

Causative

Translations

Etymology

1. Inherited from Malay kasih, from Proto-Malayic *kasih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka-qasiq (“mercy; pity; affection”), *qasiq (“pity, compassion, affection, love, sympathy, forgiveness”).
2. The sense of "to give" may be semantic extension from the action of loving into repaying or providing reciprocal affection.

Sample Sentences

Cognates

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