mudah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay mudah. Doublet of murah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.dah/
• Rhymes: -udah, -dah, -ah

Adjective

mudah (Pegon spelling موداه)

1. easy (requiring little skill or effort)

Synonyms

• gampang

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• bermudah-mudah [reduplication + stative / habitual] (redup + beR-)
• memudahkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• memermudah [causative passive + agent focus] (peR- + meN-)
• pemudah [passive / name of profession] (pe-)
• kemudahan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• semudah [immediacy / habitual] (se-)

Further reading

• “mudah” 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

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *muda (“young”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.dah/
• Rhymes: -udah, -dah, -ah

Adjective

mudah (Jawi spelling موده)

1. easy (requiring little skill or effort)
2. simple

Synonyms

• (simple): ringkas
• (simple): sederhana (Indonesian)
• senang

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• bermudah-mudah [reduplication + stative / habitual] (redup + beR-)
• memudahkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• memudah-mudahkan [reduplication + agent focus + causative benefactive] (redup + meN- + -kan)
• memermudah [causative passive + agent focus] (peR- + meN-)
• mudah-mudahan [reduplication + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (redup + -an)
• kemudahan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• pemudahan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• pemudah [passive / name of profession] (pe-)