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asam

See also: Appendix:Variations of "asam"

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay asam, masam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləsəm.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈasam/
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  • Hyphenation: asam
  • Rhymes: -am

Adjective

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asam (superlative terasam)

  1. Having an sour, acid, acidic, sharp or tangy taste.
    Synonym: masam
  2. (figurative) sourfaced
    Synonyms: cemberut, masam
    Antonym: cerah
  3. (chemistry) acidic: of or pertaining to an acid.

Noun

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asam (plural asam-asam, first-person possessive asamku, second-person possessive asammu, third-person possessive asamnya)

  1. tamarind (Tamarindus indica)
    1. the tree.
    2. the fruit of this tree; the pulp is used as spice in Asian cooking and in Worcestershire sauce.
  2. sour
    Synonym: masam
  3. (chemistry) acid
    1. any of a class of water-soluble compounds, having sour taste, that turn blue litmus red, and react with some metals to liberate hydrogen, and with bases to form salts.
    2. any compound that easily donates protons; a Brønsted acid
    3. any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid

Usage notes

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In Indonesian, there are three nearly identical terms of asam, asem, and masam. The word masam is mainly used for sourfaced sense. In the Standard Malay, the prevalent terms is masam with presence of asam as alternative form. The Standard Malay masam has similar senses as in Indonesia with exception of chemistry sense of acid which is asid in Standard Malay. Although asid is listed in Indonesian, it is rarely used.

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Further reading

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish asum.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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asam (emphatic asamsa)

  1. first-person singular of as
    Ní fhuair siad freagra asam. ― They didn’t get an answer from me.

Further reading

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Latin

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Noun

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āsam

  1. accusative singular of āsa

Latvian

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Adjective

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asam

  1. dative singular masculine of ass

Malay

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Etymology

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Adjective

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asam (Jawi spelling اسم)

  1. sour
    Synonym: masam

Noun

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asam (Jawi spelling اسم, plural asam-asam, informal 1st possessive asamku, 2nd possessive asammu, 3rd possessive asamnya)

  1. sour foods
    asam garam ― sour salted foods

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: asam
  • → Min Nan: 亞森／亚森 (a-som, “tamarind”)

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Portuguese

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Verb

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asam

  1. third-person plural present indicative of asar

Satawalese

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Noun

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asam

  1. door

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish asum. Cognates include Irish asam and Manx assym.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈas̪əm/
  • Hyphenation: a‧sam
  • Rhymes: -am

Pronoun

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asam

  1. first-person singular of à: from me
    Cha d' fhuair iad freagairt asam. ― They didn't get an answer from me.

Inflection

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Personal inflection of à
Number Person Simple Emphatic
Singular 1st asam asamsa
2nd asad asadsa
3rd m às às-san
3rd f aiste aistese
Plural 1st asainn asainne
2nd asaibh asaibhse
3rd asta astasan

References

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  • Colin Mark (2003) “à”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 2

Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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asám (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜋ᜔)

  1. longing; eager anticipation
    Synonym: pananabik

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Tausug

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Noun

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asam

  1. tamarind
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