cahaya

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Brunei Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sanskrit छाया (chāyā).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃa(h)aja/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ha‧ya

Noun[edit]

cahaya

  1. light (electromagnetic waves) (Jawi spelling چهايا)

Indonesian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay cahaya, from Sanskrit छाया (chāyā, “lustre, light”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈhaja/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ha‧ya
  • Rhymes: -ja, -a

Noun[edit]

cahaya (plural cahaya-cahaya, first-person possessive cahayaku, second-person possessive cahayamu, third-person possessive cahayanya)

  1. glow
  2. light
  3. ray

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

  • kilat (flash of lightning)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Russell Jones, editor (2007), Loan-words in Indonesian and Malay, Leiden: Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sanskrit छाया (chāyā).[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cahaya (Jawi spelling چهاي, plural cahaya-cahaya, informal 1st possessive cahayaku, 2nd possessive cahayamu, 3rd possessive cahayanya)

  1. light
  2. lustre, glow
  3. ray
    Synonyms: sinar, sinaran

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Edi Sedyawati, Ellya Iswati, Kusparyati Boedhijono, Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994) Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, page 46
  2. ^ Russell Jones, editor (2007), Loan-words in Indonesian and Malay, Leiden: Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, →ISBN
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “چهاي chĕhaya”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 274
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “chahaya”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 178

Further reading[edit]

Sundanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

cahaya

  1. Romanization of ᮎᮠᮚ

West Makian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay cahaya, from Sanskrit छाया (chāyā).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

cahaya

  1. (intransitive) to shine

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of cahaya (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tacahaya macahaya acahaya
2nd person nacahaya facahaya
3rd person inanimate icahaya dacahaya
animate
imperative nacahaya, cahaya facahaya, cahaya

References[edit]

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[1], Pacific linguistics
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