bahaya

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bahaya (“danger”), ultimately from Sanskrit भय (bhaya, “danger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈhaja/
• Hyphenation: ba‧ha‧ya
• Rhymes: -ja, -a

Noun

bahaya

1. danger

Alternative forms

• baya

Derived terms

• berbahaya
• membahayakan
• sebahaya
• terbahaya

 

Further reading

• “bahaya” 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.

---

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit भय (bhaya, “risk, peril”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ha‧ya

Noun

bahaya (Jawi spelling بهاي, plural bahaya-bahaya, informal 1st possessive bahayaku, 2nd possessive bahayamu, 3rd possessive bahayanya)

1. danger

Descendants

• Indonesian: bahaya
• → Ternate: bahaya

Further reading

• “bahaya” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

---

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay bahaya, from Sanskrit भय (bhaya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ba.ˈha.ja]

Verb

bahaya

1. (stative) to be dangerous

Conjugation

Conjugation of bahaya
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tobahaya	fobahaya	mibahaya
2nd	nobahaya	nibahaya
3rd	Masculine	obahaya	ibahaya, yobahaya†
Feminine	mobahaya
Neuter	ibahaya
† - archaic

Adverb

bahaya

1. greatly, very much

   una ohohe-hohe bahaya ― he laughed very much

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh