semua

Central Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay semua.

Determiner

semua

1. all

References

• "Besemah" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Iban

Etymology

From Malay semua, from Sanskrit समूह (samūha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səmua/

Determiner

semua

1. all

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay semua, From Classical Malay semua, from Sanskrit समूह (samūha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈmua̯/
• Hyphenation: sê‧mua

Determiner

sêmua

1. all

Derived terms

• semua-muanya
• semuanya

 

Further reading

• “semua” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Alternative forms

• سموا

Etymology

From Sanskrit समूह (samūha).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /səmuə/
• (Baku, Standard Singapore, Sabah) IPA^(key): /səmua/
• Rhymes: -uə, -wa, -wə, -a, -ə

Determiner

sĕmua (Jawi spelling سموا)

1. all (every individual of the given class)

Descendants

• Indonesian: semua
• → Central Malay: semua
• → Iban: semua
• Pattani Malay: مّووْ

Further reading

• “semua” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.