# kasih
## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay kasih, from Proto-Malayic *kasih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka-qasiq (“mercy; pity; affection”), *qasiq (“pity, compassion, affection, love, sympathy, forgiveness”).
The sense of "to give" may be semantic extension from the action of loving into repaying or providing reciprocal affection.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.sɪh/
* Rhymes: -sɪh, -ɪh, -h
* Hyphenation: ka‧sih

### Noun

kasih (uncountable, uncommon)
* love, often referring to unconditional and compassionate love
    Synonyms: sayang, cinta
** a deep caring for the existence of another
** a profound and caring affection towards someone

### Verb

kasih (active mengasih, passive dikasih) (ditransitive, colloquial)
* synonym of beri (“to give”)

#### Derived terms

* berkasih
* berkasih-kasihan
* kasihan
* kasihi
* kekasih
* pekasih
* pengasih
* pengasihan
* terkasih
* kasih sayang

### Further reading

* “kasih” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Maguindanao
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka-qasiq (“mercy, pity, affection”).

### Noun

kasih
* love

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka-qasiq (“mercy, pity, affection”).
First attested in the Kota Kapur inscription, 686 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (kasīh), in inflected form kasīhan (current spelling kasihan). Sense of "giving" may be semantic extension from the action of loving into repaying or providing reciprocal affection.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kasih/
* Rhymes: -asih, -sih, -ih
* (Johor-Riau) IPA: [kä.sɪh, -seh, -se̞h]
* Rhymes: -eh

### Noun

kasih (Jawi spelling کاسيه, plural kasih-kasih, informal 1st possessive kasihku, 2nd possessive kasihmu, 3rd possessive kasihnya)
* love, care, affection
    Synonym: sayang

#### Derived terms

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
* terima kasih (“thank you”)
* kasih sayang (“affection, fondness”)

### Verb

kasih
* to love, to show affection for
* (rare) to give
    Synonyms: kasi, beri, bagi

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* pengasih (“lover”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
* kekasih (“lover”) [passive] (ke-)
* kasihan (“pity, sympathy”) [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
* mengasihani (“to pity”) [agent focus + repetition / reciprocity + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -an + -i)
* mengasihi (“to love”) [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
* berkasih-kasihan (“to be in love with each other”) [reduplication + stative / habitual + repetition / reciprocity] (redup + beR- + -an)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
* kasi
* terima kasih
* menjunjung kasih

#### Descendants

* → Tagalog: kasi

### References

* Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کاسه kasih”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 74
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کاسه kaseh”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 494-5
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kaseh”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 514

### Further reading

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