pahit

pahit

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pahit.

Adjective

pahit

bitter (having an acrid taste)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC. Cognate with Tagalog pait (“bitter”), Tboli héét (“bitter”), Eastern Cham ꨜꨪꩀ (phik, “bitter”), Malagasy faitra (“bitterness”), Chamorro fa'et (“salty”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pahit/
Rhymes: -hit, -it
(Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA^(key): [ˈpä.hɪt̚, -het̚, -he̞t̚]

Adjective

pahit (Jawi spelling ڤاهيت, comparative lebih pahit, superlative paling pahit)

bitter (having an acrid taste)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

kepahitan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
berpahit-pahit [reduplication + stative / habitual] (redup + beR-)
sepahit [comparability] (se-)
sepahit-pahit [reduplication + comparability] (redup + se-)
memahitkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
pahit-pahit [reduplication] (redup)

Descendants

Indonesian: pahit
→ Tok Pisin: pait
→ Dutch: pait

Further reading

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

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)paqit.

Adjective

pahit

bitter