Javanese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Malay sewa, from Arabic سَاوَى (sāwā, to cost).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sewa/
  • Hyphenation: sé‧wa

Verb edit

ꦱꦺꦮ (séwa)

  1. to rent

Further reading edit

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “séwa”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN