basmi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay basmi, from Sanskrit भस्म (bhasma, ash).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bas.mi/
  • Hyphenation: bas‧mi

Verb

basmi

  1. to erase, to eradicate.

Conjugation

Conjugation of basmi (meng-, transitive)
Root basmi
Active Involuntary /
Perfective
Passive Basic /
Imperative
Jussive
Active membasmi terbasmi dibasmi basmi basmilah
Locative
Causative / Applicative1 membasmikan terbasmikan dibasmikan basmikan basmikanlah
Causative
Locative
Causative / Applicative1
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

  • membasmi
  • pembasmi
  • pembasmian
  • terbasmi

Further reading

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