sewa

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See also: sewá

English

Noun

sewa (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of seva

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay sewa, from Arabic سَاوَى (sāwā, “to cost”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: se‧wa

Noun

sèwa (first-person possessive sewaku, second-person possessive sewamu, third-person possessive sewanya)

  1. rent,
    1. a payment for the use of equipment or a service.
    2. an object for which rent is charged or paid.
  2. (slang, transport) passenger

Adjective

sèwa

  1. rental
    berapa biaya sewa rumah ini ― How much is the rental fee for this house?

Derived terms

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

sewa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of せわ

Javanese

Romanization

sewa

  1. Alternative spelling of séwa, Romanization of ꦱꦺꦮ

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic سَاوَى (sāwā, “to cost”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sewa (Jawi spelling سيوا)

  1. something that is rented.

Noun

sewa (Jawi spelling سيوا, plural sewa-sewa, informal 1st possessive sewaku, 2nd possessive sewamu, 3rd possessive sewanya)

  1. rent,
    1. a payment for the use of equipment or a service.
    2. an object for which rent is charged or paid.

Further reading

Maltese

Root
s-w-j
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سَوِيَ (sawiya).

Pronunciation

Verb

sewa (imperfect jiswa, verbal noun siwi)

  1. to cost, to be worth (to incur a charge, a price)
  2. to cost (to cause something to be lost)
  3. to cause
    Mewthom sewielna għali kbir ― Their death was the cause of our grief.
  4. to be allowed

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sewa
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m swejt swejt sewa swejna swejtu swew
f swiet
imperfect m niswa tiswa jiswa niswew tiswew jiswew
f tiswa
imperative iswa iswew

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सेवा (sevā, “service”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sewa

  1. service,
  2. attendance,
  3. worship, reverence,
  4. homage

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦱꦺꦧ (séba, “to pay homage”)
  • → Balinese: ᬲᬾᬯ (séwa), ᬲᬾᬩ (séba)

Sotho

Noun

sewa class 7/8 (plural diwa)

  1. epidemic

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay sewa, from Arabic سَاوَى (sāwā).

Pronunciation

Verb

sewa

  1. (transitive) to lease

Conjugation

Conjugation of sewa
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tosewa fosewa misewa
2nd nosewa nisewa
3rd Masculine osewa isewa, yosewa†
Feminine mosewa
Neuter isewa
† - archaic

References

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