susah

From Malay susah.

susah (comparative more susah, superlative most susah)

1. (Singlish) Difficult.
   • 2023, Josephine Chia, Goodbye My Kampong!: Potong Pasir, 1966 to 1975, page 1913:

     Gar'ment now say cannot drive pirate taxis. So very susah.

Inherited from Malay susah. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

susah (comparative lebih susah, superlative paling susah)

1. difficult

   Synonym: sulit

• kesusahan

• “susah”, 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

susah

1. sad

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

susah

1. difficult

• kesusahan

• sukar

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