bahaya

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bahaya (danger), ultimately from Sanskrit भय (bhaya, danger).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈhaja/
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  • Hyphenation: ba‧ha‧ya
  • Rhymes: -ja, -a

Noun

bahaya (plural bahaya-bahaya)

  1. danger
  2. hazard

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit भय (bhaya, risk, peril).

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /baˈha.jə/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /baˈha.ja/
  • Rhymes: -haja, -aja, -ja, -a

Noun

bahaya (Jawi spelling بهاي, plural bahaya-bahaya)

  1. danger

Descendants

  • Indonesian: bahaya
  • Ternate: bahaya

Further reading

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay bahaya, from Sanskrit भय (bhaya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ba.ˈha.ja]

Verb

bahaya

  1. (stative) to be dangerous

Conjugation

Conjugation of bahaya
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tobahaya fobahaya mibahaya
2nd person nobahaya nibahaya
3rd
person
masculine obahaya ibahaya
yobahaya (archaic)
feminine mobahaya
neuter ibahaya

Adverb

bahaya

  1. greatly, very much
    una ohohe-hohe bahayahe laughed very much

References

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