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Aymara
Noun
supaya
- (religion, mythology) devil
Synonyms
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay supaya, from Old Javanese supaya, sopaya, probably from sa- + upāya (“aim, means, way, stratagem, craft”), compare to mopāya (“to use”), thus reconstructed as se- + upaya.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suˈpaja/
- Hyphenation: su‧pa‧ya
- Rhymes: -ja, -a
Conjunction
supaya
- so that (in order to)
Synonyms
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
Probably from sa- + upāya (“aim, means, way, stratagem, craft”)
Pronunciation
Conjunction
supaya (Jawi spelling سوڤايا)
- so that (in order to)
- Synonym: agar
West Makian
Etymology
From Malay supaya.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
supaya
- so, so that
- Synonym: te
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics
Yakan
Conjunction
supaya
- so that (in order to)