# nyawa
## Iban
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa. Compare Siraya xinawa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɲawa]
* Hyphenation: nya‧wa

### Noun

nyawa
* life
    Nyawa kitai enda panjai ― Our lives is not long
* mouth
    Nyawa iya besai ― His mouth is big
* voice
    Nyawa iya inggar ― His voice is loud
* value (of money)
    Nyawa duit Ringgit ― Ringgit's value

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay nyawa, from Proto-Malayic *ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa. Compare Siraya xinawa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɲawa]
* Hyphenation: nya‧wa

### Noun

nyawa (plural)
* life
    Synonyms: hayat, hidup, kehidupan
* soul, spirit
    Synonyms: arwah, atma, hayat, jiwa, psike, roh, semangat, spirit

#### Affixed terms

* bernyawa
* bersenyawa
* senyawa
* senyawaan

### Further reading

* “nyawa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

nyawa
* Romanization of ꦚꦮ.

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa (compare Siraya xinawa).

### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /ɲawə/
* (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /ɲawa/
* Rhymes: -awə, -wə, -ə
* Rhymes: -a

### Noun

nyawa (Jawi spelling ڽاوا, plural nyawa-nyawa, informal 1st possessive nyawaku, 2nd possessive nyawamu, 3rd possessive nyawanya)
* life
* soul
    Jika seseorang itu mati, nyawanya sudah tiada.If a person is dead, his soul has left.
* (obsolete, dialectal) breath

#### Usage notes

Life or soul as a term of endearment; life in its association with the breath, and in the narrow sense of not being dead; soul in the sense that it can exist apart from the body.

#### Synonyms

* (life): hidup, kehidupan, hayat
* (soul): roh, jiwa, atma
* (breath): nafas, napas

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* bernyawa [stative / habitual] (beR-)

#### Descendants

* > Indonesian: nyawa (inherited)
* → Maranao: niyawa
* → Tausug: nyawa

### References

* "nyawa" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

### Further reading

* “nyawa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Tabaru
### Etymology

From Malay nyawa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɲa.wa/

### Noun

nyawa
* a person

### References

* Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics

## Tausug
### Etymology

From Malay nyawa, from Proto-Malayic *ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa.

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /njawa/ [ɲaˈwɑ]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: nya‧wa

### Noun

nyawa (Sulat Sūg spelling پَوَ)
* soul, spirit

## Ternate
### Etymology

From Classical Malay ڽاوا (nyawa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɲa.wa/

### Noun

nyawa
* the soul

### References

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