kasih

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.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkasih/ [ˈka.sɪh]
• Rhymes: -asih
• Syllabification: ka‧sih

kasih (plural kasih-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

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

1. synonym of beri (“to give”)

• “kasih” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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

kasih

1. love

Inherited 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.

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈkaseh/ [ˈka.seh]
  • Rhymes: -aseh, -seh, -eh

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈkasih/ [ˈka.sih]
  • Rhymes: -asih, -sih, -ih
• Hyphenation: ka‧sih

kasih (Jawi spelling کاسيه, plural kasih-kasih)

1. love, care, affection

   Synonym: sayang

kasih

1. to love, to show affection for
2. (rare) to give

   Synonyms: kasi, beri, bagi

• > Indonesian: kasih (inherited)
• → Maguindanao: kasih
• → Tagalog: kasi
• → Tausug: kasi

• 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

• “kasih” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.