supaya
Aymara
Noun
supaya
Synonyms
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
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.
Javanese
Romanization
supaya
- romanization of ꦱꦸꦥꦪ
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)
Old Javanese
Etymology
Unknown, probably affixed upāya (“aim, means, way, stratagem, craft”) + sa-.
Preposition
supaya
Alternative forms
- sopaya
Descendants
Further reading
- "supaya" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
West Makian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s̪u.ˈpa.ja/
Conjunction
supaya
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics
Yakan
Conjunction
supaya
- so that (in order to)