"nyawa" meaning in Malay

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Noun

IPA: /ɲawə/ [Johor-Selangor], /ɲawa/ [Riau-Lingga] Forms: ڽاوا [Jawi], nyawa-nyawa [plural], nyawaku [first-person, informal, possessive], nyawamu [possessive, second-person], nyawanya [possessive, third-person]
Rhymes: -awə, -wə, -ə, -a Etymology: From Proto-Malayic *ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa (compare Siraya xinawa). Etymology templates: {{inh|ms|poz-mly-pro|*ñawa}} Proto-Malayic *ñawa, {{inh|ms|poz-pro|*nihawa}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, {{inh|ms|map-pro|*NiSawa}} Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa, {{cog|fos|xinawa}} Siraya xinawa Head templates: {{ms-noun|j=ڽاوا}} nyawa (Jawi spelling ڽاوا, plural nyawa-nyawa, informal 1st possessive nyawaku, 2nd possessive nyawamu, 3rd possessive nyawanya)
  1. life Synonyms (life): hidup, kehidupan, hayat
    Sense id: en-nyawa-ms-noun-Y71wZe8e Disambiguation of 'life': 100 0 0
  2. soul Synonyms (soul): roh, jiwa, atma
    Sense id: en-nyawa-ms-noun-rg-szPCj Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Malay entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 8 8 8 6 2 20 2 24 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 5 5 4 1 23 1 29 29 Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 1 50 49 Disambiguation of 'soul': 0 100 0
  3. (obsolete, dialectal) breath Tags: dialectal, obsolete Synonyms (breath): nafas, napas
    Sense id: en-nyawa-ms-noun-NnocWSRY Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Malay entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 8 8 8 6 2 20 2 24 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 5 5 4 1 23 1 29 29 Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 1 50 49 Disambiguation of 'breath': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bernyawa [stative (alt: beR-), habitual] (beR-) (alt: beR-)

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "alt": "beR-",
      "word": "bernyawa [stative"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "alt": "beR-",
      "roman": "beR-",
      "word": "habitual]"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "nyawa"
          },
          "expansion": "Indonesian: nyawa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Indonesian: nyawa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tsg",
            "2": "nyawa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tausug: nyawa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tausug: nyawa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-mly-pro",
        "3": "*ñawa"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayic *ñawa",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*nihawa"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*NiSawa"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fos",
        "2": "xinawa"
      },
      "expansion": "Siraya xinawa",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayic *ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa (compare Siraya xinawa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ڽاوا",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyawa-nyawa",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyawaku",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyawamu",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyawanya",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "ڽاوا"
      },
      "expansion": "nyawa (Jawi spelling ڽاوا, plural nyawa-nyawa, informal 1st possessive nyawaku, 2nd possessive nyawamu, 3rd possessive nyawanya)",
      "name": "ms-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "life"
      ],
      "id": "en-nyawa-ms-noun-Y71wZe8e",
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "sense": "life",
          "word": "hidup"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "sense": "life",
          "word": "kehidupan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "sense": "life",
          "word": "hayat"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 8 6 2 20 2 24 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 7 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 5 4 1 23 1 29 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 50 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If a person is dead, his soul has left.",
          "text": "Jika seseorang itu mati, nyawanya sudah tiada.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "soul"
      ],
      "id": "en-nyawa-ms-noun-rg-szPCj",
      "links": [
        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "sense": "soul",
          "word": "roh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "sense": "soul",
          "word": "jiwa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "sense": "soul",
          "word": "atma"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 8 6 2 20 2 24 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 7 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 5 4 1 23 1 29 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 50 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "breath"
      ],
      "id": "en-nyawa-ms-noun-NnocWSRY",
      "links": [
        [
          "breath",
          "breath"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, dialectal) breath"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "sense": "breath",
          "word": "nafas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "sense": "breath",
          "word": "napas"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɲawə/",
      "tags": [
        "Johor-Selangor"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɲawa/",
      "tags": [
        "Riau-Lingga"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-awə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-wə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-a"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nyawa"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
    "Malay lemmas",
    "Malay nouns",
    "Malay terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic",
    "Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Malay terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic",
    "Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Malay/a",
    "Rhymes:Malay/a/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Malay/awə",
    "Rhymes:Malay/wə",
    "Rhymes:Malay/ə"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "alt": "beR-",
      "word": "bernyawa [stative"
    },
    {
      "alt": "beR-",
      "roman": "beR-",
      "word": "habitual]"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "nyawa"
          },
          "expansion": "Indonesian: nyawa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Indonesian: nyawa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tsg",
            "2": "nyawa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tausug: nyawa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tausug: nyawa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-mly-pro",
        "3": "*ñawa"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayic *ñawa",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*nihawa"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*NiSawa"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fos",
        "2": "xinawa"
      },
      "expansion": "Siraya xinawa",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayic *ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa (compare Siraya xinawa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ڽاوا",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyawa-nyawa",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyawaku",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyawamu",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyawanya",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "ڽاوا"
      },
      "expansion": "nyawa (Jawi spelling ڽاوا, plural nyawa-nyawa, informal 1st possessive nyawaku, 2nd possessive nyawamu, 3rd possessive nyawanya)",
      "name": "ms-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "life"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Malay terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If a person is dead, his soul has left.",
          "text": "Jika seseorang itu mati, nyawanya sudah tiada.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "soul"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Malay dialectal terms",
        "Malay terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "breath"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "breath",
          "breath"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, dialectal) breath"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɲawə/",
      "tags": [
        "Johor-Selangor"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɲawa/",
      "tags": [
        "Riau-Lingga"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-awə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-wə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-a"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "life",
      "word": "hidup"
    },
    {
      "sense": "life",
      "word": "kehidupan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "life",
      "word": "hayat"
    },
    {
      "sense": "soul",
      "word": "roh"
    },
    {
      "sense": "soul",
      "word": "jiwa"
    },
    {
      "sense": "soul",
      "word": "atma"
    },
    {
      "sense": "breath",
      "word": "nafas"
    },
    {
      "sense": "breath",
      "word": "napas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nyawa"
}

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