sewa

See also: sewá

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛ.wa]
• 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

• bersewa
• mempersewakan
• menyewa
• menyewakan
• penyewa
• penyewaan
• sewaan
• tersewa

 

Further reading

• “sewa” 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.

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

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ˈse.wə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˈse.wa/
• Rhymes: -ewa, -wa, -a

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

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

Maltese

Root
s-w-j
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سَوِيَ (sawiya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.wa/
• Rhymes: -ɛwa

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

• IPA^(key): /sewa/

Noun

sewa

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

Derived terms

• asewa
• manewa
• masewan
• pasewan
• sinewa
• sumewa

 

• anaḍah sewa
• asewa bhakti
• asewa lulut
• asewa manis
• asewa sanmata
• aweh sewa
• masewa dharma
• sewa dharma

 

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈse.wa]

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