dewasa

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Etymology

From Malay dewasa, from Classical Malay dewasa, from Javanese ꦢꦶꦮꦱ (diwasa, “adult”), from Old Javanese diwasa (“day; time”), from Sanskrit दिवस (divasa, “day”).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

dèwasa

  1. adult

Noun

dèwasa (plural dewasa-dewasa)

  1. time, period

References

  1. ^ 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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