supaya

Aymara

Noun

supaya

  1. (religion, mythology) devil

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

  1. so that (in order to)
    Synonym: agar

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

supaya

  1. 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,
  • Rhymes: -a

Conjunction

supaya (Jawi spelling سوڤايا)

  1. so that (in order to)
    Synonym: agar

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably affixed upāya (aim, means, way, stratagem, craft) +‎ sa-.

Preposition

supaya

  1. to, in order to, so that

Alternative forms

  • sopaya

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦱꦸꦥꦪ (supaya), ꦱꦸꦥꦢꦺꦴꦱ꧀ (supados) (inherited)

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

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)