A beloved person, used as terms of endearment
English: beloved, dear, dearest, honey, love
kekasihBahasa Indonesia
lover, sweetheart, beau, beloved, boyfriend
Common
#3,298 of the corpus · 32 per million words · 136,758 occurrences
From kasih (ke-) · very common, #204
Noun
A special loved one
English: darling, favorite, favourite, pet, dearie, deary, ducky
Bahasa: sayang, kesayangan, anak mas, buah hati
An ardent follower and admirer
English: fan, buff, devotee, lover
7 more noun senses
A significant other to whom you are not related by marriage
English: lover
Bahasa: penggemar
A person who loves someone or is loved by someone
English: lover
Bahasa: kendak
Less certain link between this word and this sense.
A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
English: boyfriend, fellow, beau, swain, young man
Bahasa: jejaka, peria, pesolek
Less certain link between this word and this sense.
A girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved
English: girlfriend, girl, lady friend
Less certain link between this word and this sense.
A lover who gently fondles and caresses the loved one
English: petter, fondler
Less certain link between this word and this sense.
A person loved by another person
English: sweetheart, sweetie, steady, truelove
Less certain link between this word and this sense.
Any well-liked individual
English: sweetheart
Less certain link between this word and this sense.