aspirasi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch aspiratie, from French aspiration, from Latin aspiratio.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /aspiˈrasi/ [as.piˈra.si]
  • Rhymes: -asi
  • Syllabification: as‧pi‧ra‧si

Noun

aspirasi (plural aspirasi-aspirasi)

  1. aspiration:
    1. the act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of)
    2. (linguistics) a burst of air that follows the release of some consonants
    3. (medicine) inhalation of foreign material in the air passages
    4. (medicine) the action of aspirating (a sample of fluid, tissue, or other substance that is withdrawn from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor)

Derived terms

  • beraspirasi
  • seaspirasi

Further reading

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