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English
Etymology
en ine-pro *bʰeh₂- speak
en id - and en ms bahasa language, itself from en sa भाषा language, as a shortening of en Bahasa Indonesia/en Bahasa Malaysia. Compare the use of ga Béarla English, originally simply meant "language".
Pronunciation
en /baˈhɑːsə/ RP
Proper noun
en nonstandard proscribed chiefly Singapore Malaysia and Indonesia the Malay-Indonesian language
References
Bahasa n 14666 March 2019
Anagrams
en aaabhs Sahaba sahaba
en Languages
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor ms:bahasa 1
tl id - tl ms bahasa, from tl sa भाषा language.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
+ tl colloquial
Malay-Indonesian language
tl Indones Malayo
Derived terms
tl magbahasa
tl Malaysia Indonesia Languages