pasir

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Brunei Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *pasir, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiʀ (“sandbank, shoal in river or sea”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pasir/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧sir

Noun

pasir

  1. sand (finely ground rock)

Iban

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *pasir, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiʀ (“sandbank, shoal in river or sea”).

Noun

pasir

  1. sand

References

  • Scott, N. C. (1956) A Dictionary of Sea Dayak‎, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay pasir, from Proto-Malayic *pasir, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiʀ (“sandbank, shoal in river or sea”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pasir (plural pasir-pasir)

  1. sand (finely ground rock)

Derived terms

Further reading

Kendayan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *pasir, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiʀ (“sandbank, shoal in river or sea”).

Noun

pasir

  1. sand

References

  • Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *pasir, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiʀ (“sandbank, shoal in river or sea”). Cognate with Tagalog pasig (“a river that flows into the sea; sandy bank of a river”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pasir (Jawi spelling ڤاسير, plural pasir-pasir, informal 1st possessive pasirku, 2nd possessive pasirmu, 3rd possessive pasirnya)

  1. sand (finely ground rock)

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: pasir
  • → Chewong: pasir
  • → Malagasy: fasika
  • → Pangutaran Sama: pasil

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiʀ (“sandbank, shoal in river or sea”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pasir

  1. beach
    Synonyms: pasisi, sāgaratīra
  2. shore, river-bank
    Synonyms: kūla, pasisi, piṅgir, sāgaratīra, tambiṅ, taṭa, tatpāra, tĕmbiṅ, tīra, welā
  3. sea
    Synonyms: abdhi, arṇawa, ernawa, jaladhi, lahut, lod, pasisi, raktākāra, ratnakara, ratnadukara, sāgara, samudra, saraswat, sindhu, tasik, udadhi

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • "pasir" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Sundanese

Noun

pasir (Sundanese script ᮕᮞᮤᮁ)

  1. hill
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