semaya

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese samaya, from Sanskrit समय (samaya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səmajə/

Noun

semaya (Balinese script ᬲᬵᬫᬬ)

1. agreement, promise, covenant
2. alliance
3. fate

Derived terms

• masemaya (“to make [semaya]”)
• pasemaya
• semayahin (“to be promised”)

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈmaja/

Noun

semaya

1. promise
2. agreement

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦼꦩꦪ (semaya, “to postpone, to delay”), from Old Javanese samaya, from Sanskrit समय (samaya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈmaja/
• Rhymes: -ja, -a
• Hyphenation: sê‧ma‧ya

Verb

sêmaya

1. (Java) to postpone, to delay

   Synonyms: menunda, menangguhkan

Further reading

• “semaya”, 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

semaya

1. romanization of ꦱꦼꦩꦪ