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Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *hisəp, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hisəp, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hisəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qisəp, from the root *-səp.
Pronunciation
Verb
hisap (Jawi spelling هيسڤ, active menghisap, 3rd person passive dihisap)
- (transitive) to suck; to use the mouth to pull something in (of one's thumb, opium-smoking, tobacco-smoking, etc.)
- Synonym: sedut
- hisap rokok ― to smoke (lit. "to suck a cigarette")
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References
- ^ Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*qisəp”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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