bahaya

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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

  1. danger

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit भय (bhaya, “risk, peril”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bahaya (Jawi spelling بهاي, plural bahaya-bahaya, informal 1st possessive bahayaku, 2nd possessive bahayamu, 3rd possessive bahayanya)

  1. danger

Descendants

  • Indonesian: bahaya
  • → Ternate: bahaya

Further reading

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay bahaya, from Sanskrit भय (bhaya).

Pronunciation

Verb

bahaya

  1. (stative) to be dangerous

Conjugation

Conjugation of bahaya
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tobahaya fobahaya mibahaya
2nd nobahaya nibahaya
3rd Masculine obahaya ibahaya, yobahaya†
Feminine mobahaya
Neuter ibahaya
† - archaic

Adverb

bahaya

  1. greatly, very much
    una ohohe-hohe bahaya ― he laughed very much

References

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