perisa

Inherited from Malay perisa. The sense “flavor” is a semantic loan from English flavor.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəˈrisa/ [pəˈri.sa]
• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: pe‧ri‧sa

perisa (plural perisa-perisa)

1. (obsolete) delicious
2. a substance used to produce a taste; flavor

   Synonym: rasa

• “perisa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /pəˈrisə/ [pəˈri.sə]
• Rhymes: -sə, -ə
• (Baku, /a/-variety, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /pəˈrisa/ [pəˈri.sa]
• Rhymes: -sa, -a
• Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧sa

perisa (Jawi spelling ڤريسا, plural perisa-perisa or perisa²)

1. flavour

   Synonym: (Indonesia) rasa

   perisa limau ― lemon flavour

• > Indonesian: perisa (inherited)

• "perisa" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017