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
- life
- Nyawa kitai enda panjai ― Our lives is not long
- mouth
- Nyawa iya besai ― His mouth is big
- voice
- Nyawa iya inggar ― His voice is loud
- value (of money)
- Nyawa duit Ringgit ― Ringgit's value
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 of 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
- 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
- Iban nouns
- Iban terms with usage examples
- iba:Face
- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- 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 terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Javanese non-lemma forms
- Javanese romanizations
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Malay 2-syllable words
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/awə
- Rhymes:Malay/wə
- Rhymes:Malay/ə
- Rhymes:Malay/a
- Rhymes:Malay/a/2 syllables
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- Malay terms with usage examples
- Malay terms with obsolete senses
- Malay dialectal terms
- Tabaru terms derived from Malay
- Tabaru terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tabaru lemmas
- Tabaru nouns
- Tausug lemmas
- Tausug nouns
- Ternate terms derived from Classical Malay
- Ternate terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ternate lemmas
- Ternate nouns