nyawa

Banjarese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa.

Pronoun

nyawa

1. (informal) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa. Compare Siraya xinawa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲawa]
• Hyphenation: nya‧wa

Noun

nyawa

1. life

   Nyawa kitai enda panjai ― Our lives is not long

2. mouth

   Nyawa iya besai ― His mouth is big

3. voice

   Nyawa iya inggar ― His voice is loud

4. value (of money)

   Nyawa duit Ringgit ― Ringgit's value

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay nyawa, from Proto-Malayic *ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa. Compare Siraya xinawa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɲawa/ [ˈɲa.wa]
• Rhymes: -awa
• Syllabification: nya‧wa

Noun

nyawa (plural nyawa-nyawa)

1. life

   Synonyms: hayat, hidup, kehidupan

2. soul, spirit

   Synonyms: arwah, atma, hayat, jiwa, psike, roh, semangat, spirit

Derived terms

Affixations

• bernyawa
• bersenyawa
• senyawa
• senyawaan

Further reading

• “nyawa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

nyawa

1. romanization of ꦚꦮ

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa (compare Siraya xinawa).

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈɲawə/ [ˈɲa.wə]
  • Rhymes: -awə, -wə, -ə

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈɲawa/ [ˈɲa.wa]
  • Rhymes: -awa, -wa, -a
• Hyphenation: nya‧wa

Noun

nyawa (Jawi spelling ڽاوا, plural nyawa-nyawa or nyawa²)

1. life
2. soul

   Jika seseorang itu mati, nyawanya sudah tiada.

   If a person is dead, his soul has left.

3. (obsolete, dialectal) breath

Usage notes

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

• (life): hidup, kehidupan, hayat
• (soul): roh, jiwa, atma
• (breath): nafas, napas

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• bernyawa [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: nyawa (inherited)
• → Maranao: niyawa
• → Tausug: nyawa

References

• “nyawa”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN

Further reading

• "nyawa" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Tabaru

Etymology

From Malay nyawa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲa.wa/

Noun

nyawa

1. a person

References

• 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

Etymology

From Malay nyawa, from Proto-Malayic *ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /njawa/ [ɲaˈwɑ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: nya‧wa

Noun

nyawa (Sulat Sūg spelling پَوَ)

1. soul, spirit

Ternate

Etymology

From Classical Malay ڽاوا (nyawa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲa.wa/

Noun

nyawa

1. the soul

References

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