nyawa
Iban
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa. Compare Siraya xinawa.
Pronunciation
Noun
nyawa
- life
- Nyawa kitai enda panjai ― Our lives is not long
- mouth
- Nyawa iya besai ― His mouth is big
- voice
- Nyawa iya inggar ― His voice is loud
- value (of money)
- Nyawa duit Ringgit ― Ringgit's value
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay nyawa, from Proto-Malayic *ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa. Compare Siraya xinawa.
Pronunciation
Noun
nyawa (plural nyawa-nyawa, first-person possessive nyawaku, second-person possessive nyawamu, third-person possessive nyawanya)
Affixed terms
Further reading
- “nyawa” 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.
Javanese
Romanization
nyawa
- Romanization of ꦚꦮ.
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa (compare Siraya xinawa).
Pronunciation
Noun
nyawa (Jawi spelling ڽاوا, plural nyawa-nyawa, informal 1st possessive nyawaku, 2nd possessive nyawamu, 3rd possessive nyawanya)
- life
- soul
- Jika seseorang itu mati, nyawanya sudah tiada.
- If a person is dead, his soul has left.
- (obsolete, dialectal) breath
Usage notes
Life or soul as a term of endearment; life in its association with the breath, and in the narrow sense of not being dead; soul in the sense that it can exist apart from the body.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- "nyawa" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
Further reading
- “nyawa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Tabaru
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
nyawa
- a person
References
- Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics
Tausug
Etymology
From Malay nyawa, from Proto-Malayic *ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa.
Pronunciation
Noun
nyawa (Sulat Sūg spelling پَوَ)
Ternate
Etymology
From Classical Malay ڽاوا (nyawa).
Pronunciation
Noun
nyawa
- the soul
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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