"pernah" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [Indonesian]

IPA: /pərˈnah/ [Standard-Indonesian], [pərˈnah] [Standard-Indonesian] Forms: pêrnah [canonical]
Rhymes: -ah Etymology: Inherited from Malay pernah, from Sanskrit पारणा (pāraṇā, “going through”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|id|ms|pernah|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Malay pernah, {{inh+|id|ms|pernah}} Inherited from Malay pernah, {{der|id|sa|पारणा||going through}} Sanskrit पारणा (pāraṇā, “going through”) Head templates: {{id-adv|head=pêrnah}} pêrnah
  1. semelfactive or non-iterative aspect i. e. the action or situation has happened once or more but did not repeat itself Synonyms: sempat Derived forms: tidak pernah (english: never), belum pernah (english: never so far but might happen one day)
    Sense id: en-pernah-id-adv-bADtpPBN Categories (other): Indonesian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 79 21 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28 0

Adverb [Malay]

IPA: /pə(r)ˈnah/ [pə(r)ˈnah] (note: Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard), /pərˈnah/ (note: Literary Standard), [pərˈnah] (note: Literary Standard) Audio: LL-Q9237 (msa)-GinormousBuildings-pernah (NR).wav [Malaysia] (note: non-rhotic), LL-Q9237 (msa)-GinormousBuildings-pernah (R).wav [Malaysia] (note: rhotic) Forms: ڤرنه [Jawi]
Rhymes: -nah, -ah Etymology: From Sanskrit पारणा (pāraṇā, “going through”). Etymology templates: {{uder|ms|sa|पारणा||going through}} Sanskrit पारणा (pāraṇā, “going through”) Head templates: {{ms-adv|j=ڤرنه}} pernah (Jawi spelling ڤرنه)
  1. ever; once; used to; have (indicating that an action or state occurred at least once in the past).
    Sense id: en-pernah-ms-adv-hu-HSerU Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header, Malay undefined derivations Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of Malay undefined derivations: 100 0
  2. (with a negative word) never.
    Sense id: en-pernah-ms-adv-xcZ556I9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: belum pernah (english: never so far but might happen one day), tak pernah (english: never (colloquial)), tidak pernah (english: never)

Alternative forms

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          "english": "He has never yet failed.",
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0d/LL-Q9237_%28msa%29-GinormousBuildings-pernah_%28R%29.wav/LL-Q9237_%28msa%29-GinormousBuildings-pernah_%28R%29.wav.mp3",
      "note": "rhotic",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0d/LL-Q9237_%28msa%29-GinormousBuildings-pernah_%28R%29.wav/LL-Q9237_%28msa%29-GinormousBuildings-pernah_%28R%29.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Malaysia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-nah"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ah"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pernah"
}

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