nyawa
Iban
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Malayic *ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa. Compare Siraya xinawa.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnyawa
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Malay nyawa, from Proto-Malayic *ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa. Compare Siraya xinawa.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnyawa (plural nyawa-nyawa, first-person possessive nyawaku, second-person possessive nyawamu, third-person possessive nyawanya)
Affixed terms
editFurther 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 of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
editRomanization
editnyawa
- Romanization of ꦚꦮ.
Malay
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editnyawa (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
editLife 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
editDerived terms
editDescendants
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
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editnyawa
- 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
editPronunciation
editNoun
editnyawa (Jawi spelling ڽَوَ)
Ternate
editEtymology
editFrom Classical Malay ڽاوا (nyawa).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnyawa
- the soul
References
edit- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
- Iban terms inherited from Proto-Malayic
- Iban terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Iban terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Iban terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Iban terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Iban terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Iban terms with IPA pronunciation
- Iban lemmas
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- iba:Face
- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
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- Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayic
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
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- Indonesian lemmas
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- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic
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- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
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- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/awə
- Rhymes:Malay/wə
- Rhymes:Malay/ə
- Rhymes:Malay/a
- Rhymes:Malay/a/2 syllables
- Malay lemmas
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- Rhymes:Tausug/a
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- Tausug lemmas
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- Ternate terms derived from Classical Malay
- Ternate terms with IPA pronunciation
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