supaya

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Aymara

Noun

supaya

  1. (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

  1. so that (in order to)

Synonyms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

supaya

  1. Romanization of ꦱꦸꦥꦪ

Malay

Etymology

Probably from sa- +‎ upāya (“aim, means, way, stratagem, craft”)

Pronunciation

Conjunction

supaya (Jawi spelling سوڤايا)

  1. so that (in order to)
    Synonym: agar

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably affixed upāya (“aim, means, way, stratagem, craft”) +‎ sa-.

Preposition

supaya

  1. to, in order to, so that

Alternative forms

Descendants

Further reading

  • "supaya" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay supaya.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

supaya

  1. so, so that
    Synonym: te

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

Yakan

Conjunction

supaya

  1. so that (in order to)
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