Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay dewasa, from Classical Malay dewasa, from Javanese ꦢꦶꦮꦱ (diwasa, adult), from Old Javanese diwasa (day; time), from Sanskrit दिवस (divasa, day).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [dɛˈwasa]
  • Hyphenation: dè‧wa‧sa
  • Rhymes: -sa, -a

Adjective

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dèwasa

  1. adult

Noun

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dèwasa (first-person possessive dewasaku, second-person possessive dewasamu, third-person possessive dewasanya)

  1. time, period

References

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  1. ^ Poedjosoedarmo, Soepomo (1982) “Javanese influence on Indonesian phonology”, in Javanese influence in Indonesian (D)‎[1], volume 38, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, pages 19-50

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