sesal

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sesal, from Classical Malay sesal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səˈsal]
• Hyphenation: se‧sal

Noun

sesal (first-person possessive sesalku, second-person possessive sesalmu, third-person possessive sesalnya)

1. regret

Verb

sesal

1. to regret

Conjugation

The habituals (menyesal, menyesalkan..., except in the causative) is also shared by another verb kesal.

Conjugation of sesal (meng-, intransitive)
Root	sesal
	Active	Involuntary / Perfective	Passive	Imperative	Jussive
Active	menyesal	tersesal	disesal	sesal	sesallah
Locative	menyesali	tersesali	disesali	sesali	sesalilah
Causative / Applicative1	menyesalkan	tersesalkan	disesalkan	sesalkan	sesalkanlah
	Causative
Active	mempersesal	terpersesal	dipersesal	persesal	persesallah
Locative	mempersesali	terpersesali	dipersesali	persesali	persesalilah
Causative / Applicative1	mempersesalkan	terpersesalkan	dipersesalkan	persesalkan	persesalkanlah
1The -kan row 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.

Further reading

• “sesal” 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.

Malay

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Noun

sesal (Jawi spelling سسل, plural sesal-sesal, informal 1st possessive sesalku, 2nd possessive sesalmu, 3rd possessive sesalnya)

1. regret

Verb

sesal (Jawi spelling سسل)

1. to regret

Further reading

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