semua
Iban
Etymology
From Malay semua, from Sanskrit समूह (samūha).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səmua/
Determiner
semua
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay semua, from Classical Malay samua, from Old Malay samūha, from Sanskrit समूह (samūha).
- Displaced native sedaya (with the base word daya originating from native Malayic origin), whence Javanese and Sundanese sadaya.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səˈmua/ [səˈmu.a]
- Syllabification: se‧mu‧a
Determiner
sêmua
Derived terms
- semua-muanya
- semuanya
Further reading
- “semua”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /səmuə/
- (Bahasa Baku, Standard Singapore, Sabah) IPA(key): /səmua/
- Rhymes: -uə, -wa, -wə, -a, -ə
Adjective
semua (Jawi spelling سموا, not comparable)
- Used with any second person pronoun (except engkau/kau) whether singular or plural to form a second person plural pronoun.
- kamu (“you (singular)”) + semua → kamu semua (“you (plural)”)
- anda (“you (singular)”) + semua → anda semua (“you (plural)”)
- kau orang (“you (plural)”) + semua → kau orang semua (“you (plural)”)
- kalian (“you (plural)”) + semua → kalian semua (“you (plural)”)
Determiner
semua (Jawi spelling سموا)
- all (all the exist of the given class)
- semua kereta ― all cars
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- "semua" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017