Be

"Be" in Malay

ada

(intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

adalah

(used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)

berada

(to occupy a place)

ialah

(used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

ialah

(used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)

ialah

(used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)

اد

(intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

اداله

(used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)

اياله

(used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

اياله

(used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)

اياله

(used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)

براد

(to occupy a place)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.