"asal" meaning in Malay

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Noun

Forms: اصل [Jawi], asal-asal [plural], asalku [first-person, informal, possessive], asalmu [possessive, second-person], asalnya [possessive, third-person]
Etymology: From Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl). Sense of interrogation also from overlap with elision of apa pasal or apasal from apa (“what”) + pasal (“cause, subject”). Etymology templates: {{bor|ms|ar|أَصْل}} Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl), {{compound|ms|apa|pasal|gloss1=what|gloss2=cause, subject}} apa (“what”) + pasal (“cause, subject”) Head templates: {{ms-noun|j=اصل}} asal (Jawi spelling اصل, plural asal-asal, informal 1st possessive asalku, 2nd possessive asalmu, 3rd possessive asalnya)
  1. origin, source
    Sense id: en-asal-ms-noun-tSNt4Uuu Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header, Malay terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 50 32 19 Disambiguation of Malay terms with redundant script codes: 66 20 14
  2. genealogy, descent, ancestry
    Sense id: en-asal-ms-noun-AmljoiAH
  3. (colloquial) why Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-asal-ms-noun-K-I8WF8V
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: berasal

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      "name": "bor"
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      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "asal-asal",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asalku",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asalmu",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asalnya",
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        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
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          "ancestry",
          "ancestry"
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    },
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        {
          "english": "Why did you eat my food?",
          "text": "Asal kau makan makanan aku?",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "id": "en-asal-ms-noun-K-I8WF8V",
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        "(colloquial) why"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "asal"
}
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    "Malay nouns",
    "Malay terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Malay terms derived from Arabic",
    "Malay terms with redundant script codes"
  ],
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    {
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    }
  ],
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    }
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      },
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      "form": "اصل",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asal-asal",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asalku",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asalmu",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asalnya",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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          "source",
          "source"
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    },
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        "genealogy, descent, ancestry"
      ],
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          "genealogy",
          "genealogy"
        ],
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          "descent",
          "descent"
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          "ancestry",
          "ancestry"
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        "Malay terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Why did you eat my food?",
          "text": "Asal kau makan makanan aku?",
          "type": "example"
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        "why"
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