sewa
See also: sewá
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay sewa, from Arabic سَاوَى (sāwā, “to cost”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsɛ.wa]
- Hyphenation: se‧wa
Noun
sèwa (first-person possessive sewaku, second-person possessive sewamu, third-person possessive sewanya)
- rent,
- a payment for the use of equipment or a service.
- an object for which rent is charged or paid.
Adjective
sèwa
- rental
- berapa biaya sewa rumah ini ― How much is the rental fee for this house?
Derived terms
- bersewa
- mempersewakan
- menyewa
- menyewakan
- penyewa
- penyewaan
- sewaan
- tersewa
Further reading
- “sewa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese
Romanization
sewa
- Rōmaji transcription of せわ
Javanese
Romanization
sewa
- Alternative spelling of séwa, Romanization of ꦱꦺꦮ
Malay
Noun
sewa (Jawi spelling سيوا, plural sewa-sewa, informal 1st possessive sewaku, 2nd possessive sewamu, 3rd possessive sewanya)
- rent,
- a payment for the use of equipment or a service.
- an object for which rent is charged or paid.
Further reading
- “sewa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Maltese
| Root |
|---|
| s-w-j |
| 4 terms |
Etymology
From Arabic سَوِيَ (sawiya).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.wa/
Verb
sewa (imperfect jiswa, verbal noun siwi)
- to cost, to be worth (to incur a charge, a price)
- to cost (to cause something to be lost)
- to cause
- Mewthom sewielna għali kbir ― Their death was the cause of our grief.
- to be allowed
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit सेवा (sevā, “service”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sewa/
Noun
sewa
- service,
- attendance,
- worship, reverence,
- homage
Derived terms
- asewa
- manewa
- masewan
- pasewan
- sinewa
- sumewa
- anaḍah sewa
- asewa bhakti
- asewa lulut
- asewa manis
- asewa sanmata
- aweh sewa
- masewa dharma
- sewa dharma
Descendants
- Javanese: ꦱꦺꦧ (séba, “to pay homage”)
- → Balinese: ᬲᬾᬯ (séwa), ᬲᬾᬩ (séba)
Sotho
Noun
sewa class 7/8 (plural diwa)
- epidemic
Ternate
Etymology
From Malay sewa, from Arabic سَاوَى (sāwā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈse.wa]
Verb
sewa
- (transitive) to lease
Conjugation
| Conjugation of sewa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Inclusive | Exclusive | |||
| 1st | tosewa | fosewa | misewa | |
| 2nd | nosewa | nisewa | ||
| 3rd | Masculine | osewa | isewa, yosewa† | |
| Feminine | mosewa | |||
| Neuter | isewa | |||
| † - archaic | ||||
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh