hisap

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.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [hi.sap]
Rhymes: -sap, -ap
Hyphenation: hi‧sap

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")

Affixations

hisapan
penghisap
penghisapan

Compounds

hisap benak
hisap darah

Descendants

Indonesian: hisap

References

Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*qisəp”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Further reading

“hisap” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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