nyawa
Iban edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa. Compare Siraya xinawa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nyawa
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay nyawa, from Proto-Malayic *ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa. Compare Siraya xinawa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nyawa (plural nyawa-nyawa, first-person possessive nyawaku, second-person possessive nyawamu, third-person possessive nyawanya)
Affixed terms edit
Further reading edit
- “nyawa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
nyawa
- Romanization of ꦚꦮ.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa (compare Siraya xinawa).
Pronunciation edit
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /ɲawə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ɲawa/
- Rhymes: -awə, -wə, -ə
- Rhymes: -a
Noun edit
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 edit
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 edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: nyawa
References edit
- "nyawa" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
- “nyawa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Tabaru edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nyawa
- a person
References edit
- 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 edit
Noun edit
nyawa
Ternate edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Malay ڽاوا (nyawa).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nyawa
- the soul
References edit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh