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Definition of Bahasa
1. Noun. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
Generic synonyms: Malay
Specialized synonyms: Javanese, Sundanese, Balinese
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bahasa
Literary usage of Bahasa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary (romanized) by Richard James Wilkinson (1908)
"... bahasa, an interpreter ; j. balu and j. tinggi petty officers on a ship ; j.
masak, a cook; j. tulis, a writer, a clerk. ..."
2. The Selangor Journal: Jottings Past and Present (1895)
"Both the Orang Bukit and the Orang Lant have languages of their own; that of the
former being the " bahasa Blandas"and that of the latter the " bahasa ..."
3. A Review of Dipterocarps: Taxonomy, Ecology and Siviculture by Simmathiri Appanah, Jennifer M. Turnbull (1998)
"(in bahasa Indonesia). Nussbaum, R., Anderson, J. and Spencer, T. 1994.
Factors limiting the growth ... (in bahasa Indonesia). Sasaki, S. and Mori, T. 1981. ..."