swa-

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese swa, from Sanskrit स्व (sva​), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *swá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swá, from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”).

Prefix

swa-

1. self-, auto-

   swadaya ― self-reliance

   swaharga ― self-respect

Derived terms

Indonesian terms prefixed with swa-

Further reading

• “swa-” 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.

Oneida

Prefix

swa-

1. second person plural agent pronominal prefix

   you (p) _______

2. second person plural patient pronominal prefix

   _______ you (p)

References

• Floyd Lounsbury (1953) “Chapter 5, Table 6: Pronominal Prefixes”, in Oneida Verb Morphology, Yale University Press