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Baba Malay
Etymology
From Malay benua, from Old Malay vanua, from Proto-Malayic *bənua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.
Adjective
benua
- awed
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay benua, from Old Malay vanua, from Proto-Malayic *bənua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua. Doublet of banua and wanua.
Pronunciation
Noun
bênua (first-person possessive benuaku, second-person possessive benuamu, third-person possessive benuanya)
- (geography) continent
- Synonym: kontinen
- (archaic) land, country
- Synonyms: kerajaan, negeri
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Further reading
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *bənua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua. Cognate with Iban menua and Maori whenua.
First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 AD, as Old Malay (vanua).
Pronunciation
Noun
benua (Jawi spelling بنوا, plural benua-benua, informal 1st possessive benuaku, 2nd possessive benuamu, 3rd possessive benuanya)
- (geography) continent (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
- Synonym: tanah raya (rare)
- benua Afrika ― the African continent
- (Classical Malay) land, country
- Synonyms: tanah, negara, negeri
- benua China ― the country of China
Affixations
Descendants
Further reading
Nias
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (“inhabited land”), from Proto-Austronesian *banua. Doublet of banua.
Noun
benua (mutated form mbenua)
- fallow (uncultivated land)
References
- Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 33.