sewa

sewa (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of seva.

Inherited from Malay sewa, from Arabic سَاوَى (sāwā, “to cost”). The sense “passenger” is a semantic loan from Malay sewa.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsewa/ [ˈse.wa]
• Rhymes: -ewa
• Syllabification: se‧wa

séwa (plural sewa-sewa)

1. rent (a payment for the use of equipment or a service)

   Synonym: penyewaan

2. rent (an object for which rent is charged or paid)

   Synonym: sewaan

3. (slang, colloquial, Medan) passenger
   • (Can we date this quote?), Berman HS, Mossak, Penerbit Uwais Inspirasi Indonesia, page 71:

     Pilihan kedua yaitu mengejar angkot yang berada di depannya karena angkot di depan memasukkan sewanya jadi tidak ada lagi sewa yang sisa kepada angkot yang jaraknya dekat di belakang dengan yang di depan.

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séwa

1. rental

   berapa biaya sewa rumah ini ― How much is the rental fee for this house?

séwa

1. to rent; basic/imperative of menyewa

• “sewa”, 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

sewa

1. Rōmaji transcription of せわ

sewa

1. alternative spelling of séwa, romanization of ꦱꦺꦮ

From Arabic سَاوَى (sāwā, “to cost”).

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

sewa (Jawi spelling سيوا, comparative lebih sewa, superlative paling sewa)

1. something that is rented.

sewa (Jawi spelling سيوا, plural sewa-sewa or sewa²)

1. rent,
   1. a payment for the use of equipment or a service.
   2. an object for which rent is charged or paid.

• "sewa" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

From Arabic سَوِيَ (sawiya).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.wa/
• Rhymes: -ɛwa

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

Borrowed from Sanskrit सेवा (sevā, “service”).

• IPA^(key): /sewa/

sewa

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

• Javanese: ꦱꦺꦧ (séba, “to pay homage”)
• → Balinese: ᬲᬾᬯ (séwa), ᬲᬾᬩ (séba)

sewa class 7/8 (plural diwa)

1. epidemic

From Malay sewa, from Arabic سَاوَى (sāwā).

• IPA^(key): [ˈse.wa]

sewa

1. (transitive) to lease

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