sesal
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay sesal, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səlsəl (“regret, remorse for something done”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səˈsal/ [səˈsal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: se‧sal
Noun
sêsal (uncountable)
- regret
- Synonym: penyesalan
Verb
sêsal
Conjugation
- (chiefly intransitive) bersesal (“to regret, feel regret”)
- bersesalan
- (chiefly intransitive) menyesal (“to regret, feel regret”)
- (transitive) menyesali (“to regret, feel regret on”)
- (transitive, uncommon) menyesalkan (“to regret, feel regret on; to make regret”)
- penyesalan (“regret”)
- sesal-menyesali
- sesalan
Further reading
- “sesal”, 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
Malay
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səlsəl (“regret, remorse for something done”). Cognate to Iban tesal (“regret”) and Tagalog sisi (“repentance”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səˈsal/ [səˈsal]
- Rhymes: -sal, -al
- Hyphenation: se‧sal
Noun
sesal (Jawi spelling سسل, uncountable)
Verb
sesal (Jawi spelling سسل) (intransitive)
- to regret
Derived terms
Affixations
References
Further reading
- "sesal" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017