asuh

Iban

Verb

asuh

1. to order / ask (someone to do something)

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦱꦸꦃ (asuh, “strong”, literally “binded”) as a broom.

“A stick is nothing, but when tied together, it will sweep away everything.”

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈasuh/ [ˈa.sʊh]
• Rhymes: -asuh
• Syllabification: a‧suh

Verb

asuh (base asuh, imperative asuh, active mengasuh, ordinary passive diasuh, adversative passive terasuh)

1. to bring up, to rear
2. to educate
3. to take care, to attend to, to look after, to provide for
4. to nurse, to tend (a patient)

   Synonym: merawat

5. to organize, to run
6. to nurture

Derived terms

• asuhan
• diasuh
• kepengasuhan
• mengasuh
• pengasuh
• pengasuhan
• terasuh

Related terms

• suh

Further reading

• “asuh” 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.