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napas.

breath

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈnapas/Standard-Indonesian[ˈna.pas]Standard-Indonesian
  1. breath

    Sang dokter mengambil dua napas panjang.
Where this word comes from

From Malay nafas, napas, from Classical Malay نفس (nafas), نفس (napas), from Arabic نَفَس (nafas, “breath”). The phoneme -f- was changed to -p- to suit phonological inventories of local languages which lack -f-. In fact, both forms napas and nafas in practice are often acceptable due to influence of the Arabic word. Largely displaced native sengau.

adj/ˈnapas/Standard-Indonesian[ˈna.pas]Standard-Indonesian
  1. fulvous

verb/ˈnapas/Standard-Indonesian[ˈna.pas]Standard-Indonesian
  1. to breathe

Where this word comes from

From Malay nafas, napas, from Classical Malay نفس (nafas), نفس (napas), from Arabic نَفَس (nafas, “breath”). The phoneme -f- was changed to -p- to suit phonological inventories of local languages which lack -f-. In fact, both forms napas and nafas in practice are often acceptable due to influence of the Arabic word. Largely displaced native sengau.

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