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sewa

See also: sewá

English

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Noun

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sewa (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of seva

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Malay sewa, from Arabic سَاوَى (sāwā, “to cost”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛ.wa]
  • Hyphenation: se‧wa

Noun

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sèwa (first-person possessive sewaku, second-person possessive sewamu, third-person possessive sewanya)

  1. rent,
    1. a payment for the use of equipment or a service.
    2. an object for which rent is charged or paid.
  2. (slang, transport) passenger

Adjective

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sèwa

  1. rental
    berapa biaya sewa rumah ini ― How much is the rental fee for this house?

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Japanese

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Romanization

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sewa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of せわ

Javanese

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Romanization

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sewa

  1. Alternative spelling of séwa, Romanization of ꦱꦺꦮ

Malay

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Etymology

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From Arabic سَاوَى (sāwā, “to cost”).

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Adjective

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sewa (Jawi spelling سيوا)

  1. something that is rented.

Noun

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sewa (Jawi spelling سيوا, plural sewa-sewa, informal 1st possessive sewaku, 2nd possessive sewamu, 3rd possessive sewanya)

  1. rent,
    1. a payment for the use of equipment or a service.
    2. an object for which rent is charged or paid.

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Maltese

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Root
s-w-j
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Etymology

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From Arabic سَوِيَ (sawiya).

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Verb

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sewa (imperfect jiswa, verbal noun siwi)

  1. to cost, to be worth (to incur a charge, a price)
  2. to cost (to cause something to be lost)
  3. to cause
    Mewthom sewielna għali kbir ― Their death was the cause of our grief.
  4. to be allowed

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of sewa
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m swejt swejt sewa swejna swejtu swew
f swiet
imperfect m niswa tiswa jiswa niswew tiswew jiswew
f tiswa
imperative iswa iswew

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit सेवा (sevā, “service”).

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Noun

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sewa

  1. service,
  2. attendance,
  3. worship, reverence,
  4. homage

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Javanese: ꦱꦺꦧ (séba, “to pay homage”)
  • → Balinese: ᬲᬾᬯ (séwa), ᬲᬾᬩ (séba)

Sotho

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Noun

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sewa class 7/8 (plural diwa)

  1. epidemic

Ternate

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Etymology

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From Malay sewa, from Arabic سَاوَى (sāwā).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sewa

  1. (transitive) to lease

Conjugation

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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

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