asam

From Malay asam, masam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləsəm.

• The sense “a chemical compound” is a semantic loan from Dutch zuur (“acid”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈasam/

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• Hyphenation: asam
• Rhymes: -am

asam (superlative terasam)

1. Having a sour, acid, acidic, sharp or tangy taste.

   Synonym: masam

2. (figurative) sourfaced

   Synonyms: cemberut, masam

   Antonym: cerah

3. (chemistry) acidic: of or pertaining to an acid.

asam (plural asam-asam, first-person possessive asamku, second-person possessive asammu, third-person possessive asamnya)

1. tamarind (Tamarindus indica)
   1. the tree.
   2. the fruit of this tree; the pulp is used as spice in Asian cooking and in Worcestershire sauce.
2. sour

   Synonym: masam

3. (chemistry) acid
   1. any of a class of water-soluble compounds, having sour taste, that turn blue litmus red, and react with some metals to liberate hydrogen, and with bases to form salts.
   2. any compound that easily donates protons; a Brønsted acid
   3. any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid

In Indonesian, there are three nearly identical terms of asam, asem, and masam. The word masam is mainly used for sourfaced sense. In the Standard Malay, the prevalent terms is masam with presence of asam as alternative form. The Standard Malay masam has similar senses as in Indonesia with exception of chemistry sense of acid which is asid in Standard Malay. Although asid is listed in Indonesian, it is rarely used.

• masam (Indonesian and Standard Malay)
• asem

• (chemistry): asid (Indonesian and Standard Malay)

• “asam” 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.

From Middle Irish asum.

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɑsˠəmˠ/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈasˠəmˠ/

asam (emphatic asamsa)

1. first-person singular of as

   Ní fhuair siad freagra asam. ― They didn’t get an answer from me.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “asam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “7 a”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 95
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “asam”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “asam”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

āsam

1. accusative singular of āsa

asam

1. dative singular masculine of ass

• From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləsəm.

asam (Jawi spelling اسم)

1. sour

   Synonym: masam

asam (Jawi spelling اسم, plural asam-asam, informal 1st possessive asamku, 2nd possessive asammu, 3rd possessive asamnya)

1. sour foods

   asam garam ― sour salted foods

• Indonesian: asam
• → Min Nan: 亞森／亚森 (a-som, “tamarind”)

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

asam

1. third-person plural present indicative of asar

asam

1. door

• Kevin M. Roddy, A Sketch Grammar of Satawalese, The Language of Satawal Island, Yap State, Micronesia (2007)

From Old Irish asum. Cognates include Irish asam and Manx assym.

• IPA^(key): /ˈas̪əm/
• Hyphenation: a‧sam
• Rhymes: -am

asam

1. first-person singular of à: from me

   Cha d' fhuair iad freagairt asam. ― They didn't get an answer from me.

• Colin Mark (2003) “à”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 2

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsam/ [ʔɐˈsam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: a‧sam

asám (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜋ᜔)

1. longing; eager anticipation

   Synonym: pananabik

• masa, amas, sama

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔasam/ [ʔɑˈsam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: a‧sam

asam (Sulat Sūg spelling اَسَمْ)

1. tamarind