pilih

Iban

Etymology

FromProto-Malayic*pilih,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*piliq,fromProto-Austronesian*piliq.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):/pilɪh/

Verb

pilih

1. tochoose(to pick; to make the choice)
2. tochoose(to elect)

Indonesian

Etymology

FromMalaypilih,Proto-Malayic*pilih,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*piliq,fromProto-Austronesian*piliq.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian)IPA^(key):/ˈpilih/[ˈpi.lɪh]
• Rhymes:-ilih
• Syllabification:pi‧lih

Verb

pilih

1. tochoose(to pick; to make the choice)
2. tochoose(to elect)

Conjugation

Conjugation of pilih (meng-,intransitive)
Root	pilih
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Emphatic / Jussive
Active	memilih	terpilih	dipilih	pilih	pilihlah
Locative	memilihi	terpilihi	dipilihi	pilihi	pilihilah
Causative / Applicative1	memilihkan	terpilihkan	dipilihkan	pilihkan	pilihkanlah
	Causative
Active	memperpilih	terperpilih	diperpilih	perpilih	perpilihlah
Locative	memperpilihi	terperpilihi	diperpilihi	perpilihi	perpilihilah
Causative / Applicative1	memperpilihkan	terperpilihkan	diperpilihkan	perpilihkan	perpilihkanlah
1The-kanrow is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

Terms derived frompilih

• dipilih
• memilih
• pemilih
• pemilihan
• pilihan
• terpilih

References

• “pilih”inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia,Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation–Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia,2016.

Javanese

Romanization

pilih

1. Romanization ofꦥꦶꦭꦶꦃ

Malay

Alternative forms

• (pre-1972 standard)pileh

Etymology

FromProto-Malayic*pilih,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*piliq,fromProto-Austronesian*piliq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/pilih/,[pileh]
• Rhymes:-lih,-ih

Verb

pilih(Jawi spellingڤيليه)

1. (transitive)tochoose(to pick; to make a choice)
2. (transitive,intransitive)tochoose(to elect)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pemilih[agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pemilihan[agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN-+-an)
• pilihan[resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• pilih-pilih[reduplication] (redup)
• pilihkan[causative benefactive] (-kan)
• memilih[agent focus] (meN-)
• memilihkan[agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN-+-kan)
• dipilih[patient focus] (di-)
• dipilihkan[patient focus + causative benefactive] (di-+-kan)
• terpilih[agentless action] (teR-)
• berpilih-berpilih[stative / habitual + reduplication] (beR-+redup)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• memilih-milih(“choosy”)
• pilihan raya(“election”)

Descendants

• Indonesian:pilih

References

• "pilih" inKamus Dewan,Fourth Edition,Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka,→ISBN,2005.
• “pilih”inPusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre,Kuala Lumpur:Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka,2017.

Old Javanese

Etymology

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*piliq.

Verb

pilih

1. tochoose