sewa

See also: sewá

English

Noun

sewa (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of seva.

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

séwa (plural sewa-sewa)

  1. rent (a payment for the use of equipment or a service)
    Synonym: penyewaan
  2. rent (an object for which rent is charged or paid)
    Synonym: sewaan
  3. (slang, transport) passenger (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Adjective

séwa

  1. rental
    berapa biaya sewa rumah iniHow much is the rental fee for this house?

Verb

séwa

  1. to rent; basic/imperative of menyewa

Derived terms

  • bersewa
  • (sometimes ditransitive) mempersewakan (to rent)
  • menyewa (to rent)
  • (also ditransitive) menyewakan (to rent)
  • penyewa (renter)
  • penyewaan (rent, the act of renting)
  • sewaan (rent, something that is rented)
  • tersewa (rented)

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

sewa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of せわ

Javanese

Romanization

sewa

  1. alternative spelling of séwa, romanization of ꦱꦺꦮ

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic سَاوَى (sāwā, to cost).

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /ˈse.wə/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ˈse.wa/
  • Rhymes: -ewa, -wa, -a

Adjective

sewa (Jawi spelling سيوا)

  1. something that is rented.

Noun

sewa (Jawi spelling سيوا, plural sewa-sewa)

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

Further reading

Maltese

Root
s-w-j
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سَوِيَ (sawiya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.wa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛwa

Verb

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 kbirTheir death was the cause of our grief.
  4. to be allowed

Conjugation

Conjugation of sewa (Form I)
positive forms
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

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सेवा (sevā, service).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sewa/

Noun

sewa

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

  1. epidemic

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay sewa, from Arabic سَاوَى (sāwā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈse.wa]

Verb

sewa

  1. (transitive) to lease

Conjugation

Conjugation of sewa
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tosewa fosewa misewa
2nd person nosewa nisewa
3rd
person
masculine osewa isewa
yosewa (archaic)
feminine mosewa
neuter isewa

References

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