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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay dewasa, from Classical Malay dewasa, from Javanese ꦢꦶꦮꦱ (diwasa, “adult”), from Old Javanese diwasa (“day; time”), from Sanskrit दिवस (divasa, “day”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
dèwasa
- adult
Noun
dèwasa (first-person possessive dewasaku, second-person possessive dewasamu, third-person possessive dewasanya)
- time, period
References
- ^ Poedjosoedarmo, Soepomo (1982) “Javanese influence on Indonesian phonology”, in Javanese influence in Indonesian (D), volume 38, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, pages 19-50
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