supaya

Aymara

Noun

supaya

1. (religion, mythology) devil

Synonyms

• supay

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay supaya, from Old Javanese supaya, sopaya, probably from sa- +‎ upāya (“aim, means, way, stratagem, craft”), compare to mopāya (“to use”), thus reconstructed as se- +‎ upaya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈpaja/
• Hyphenation: su‧pa‧ya
• Rhymes: -ja, -a

Conjunction

supaya

1. so that (in order to)

Synonyms

• agar

Further reading

• “supaya” 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

Probably from sa- +‎ upāya (“aim, means, way, stratagem, craft”)

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /supajə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /supaja/
• Rhymes: -ajə, -jə, -ə
• Rhymes: -a

Conjunction

supaya (Jawi spelling سوڤايا)

1. so that (in order to)

   Synonym: agar

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay supaya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̪u.ˈpa.ja/

Conjunction

supaya

1. so, so that

   Synonym: te

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics

Yakan

Conjunction

supaya

1. so that (in order to)