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From Malay usaha, from Classical Malay اوسها (usaha), from Pali ussāha (“strength, power, energy; endeavour, good”), from Sanskrit उत्साह (utsāha).^[1]

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /uˈsaha/ [uˈsa.ha]
• Rhymes: -aha
• Syllabification: u‧sa‧ha

usaha (plural usaha-usaha)

1. action: something done so as to accomplish a purpose

   usaha melawan ― counter-action, resistance

   Synonyms: tindakan, perbuatan

2. attempt, try

   Synonym: percobaan

   usaha kudeta ― coup attempt

   Usaha yang bagus, Nak. ― Nice try, Kid

3. business:

   usaha dagang ― trade business

   1. a specific commercial enterprise or establishment

      Synonym: perusahaan

   2. a person's occupation, work, or trade

      Synonyms: bisnis, niaga

   3. commercial, industrial, or professional activity

      Synonyms: bisnis, niaga, perusahaan

   4. company: any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture

      Synonym: perusahaan

4. enterprise:
   1. a company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor

      usaha mikro, kecil dan menengah ― micro, small, or medium-sized enterprise

      usaha tani ― agricultural enterprise; farming business

   2. an undertaking or project, especially a risky, daring or courageous one; venture

      usaha kerjasama ― joint venture

5. effort: an endeavor

   usaha bersama ― joint efforts

   Synonym: upaya

6. work
   1. (physics) a measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance

      Synonym: kerja

   2. (physics, more generally) a measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process

      Synonym: kerja

7. (Can we verify⁽⁾ this sense?) deal, bargain

• “usaha”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Classical Malay اوسها (usaha), from Pali ussāha (“strength, power, energy; endeavour, good”), from Sanskrit उत्साह (utsāha).

usaha (Jawi spelling اوسها, plural usaha-usaha or usaha²)

1. effort
2. labour
3. enterprise

• Indonesian: usaha
• → Tausug: usaha
• → Yakan: usaha

• "usaha" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Borrowed from Arabic وَسَخْ (wasaḵ, “filth”).^[1]

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usaha class XI (no plural)

1. pus

Borrowed from Malay usaha, from Classical Malay usaha, from Pali ussāha (“strength, power, energy; endeavour, good”), from Sanskrit उत्साह (utsāha).

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔusaha/ [ʔʊ.saˈɦɑ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: u‧sa‧ha

usaha (Sulat Sūg spelling اُسَهَ)

1. work; occupation
2. livelihood
3. business

   Synonym: bisnis

   Abugaw in usaha sin bana niya.

   Her husband's occupation is a lawyer.

Borrowed from Malay usaha, from Classical Malay usaha, from Pali ussāha (“strength, power, energy; endeavour, good”), from Sanskrit उत्साह (utsāha).

usaha

1. livelihood, earnings