Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay usia, from Classical Malay usia, from Sanskrit आयुष्य (āyuṣya, “life, lifespan”).
Pronunciation
Noun
usia (plural usia-usia)
- (formal) age, lifespan
- Synonym: umur
- (formal) life
- Synonym: umur
Derived terms
- usia biologis
- usia formatif
- usia harapan hidup
- usia kawin
- usia kehamilan
- usia kronologis
- usia lanjut
- usia mental
- usia mudah
- usia penyesuaian
- usia prestasi
- usia produktif
- usia psikologis
- usia reproduksi
- usia sekolah
- usia senja
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek οὐσῐ́ᾱ (ousĭ́ā, “that which is one's own, one's substance”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ūsia f (genitive ūsiae); first declension (Late Latin, Medieval Latin)
- essence, substance
Isidore of Seville,
Etymologies 2.26.11:
- Ūsia autem substantia est, id est proprium, quae cēterīs subiacet; reliqua novem accidentia sunt.
- Usia is substance, proper to the subject, which lies under the others; the remaining nine are accidents.
Inflection
First-declension noun.
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit आयुष्य (āyuṣya, “life, lifespan”).
Pronunciation
- (Baku) IPA(key): /ˈusja/ [ˈu.sja]
- Hyphenation: u‧sia
Noun
usia (Jawi spelling اوسيا, plural usia-usia or usia2)
- age[1]
- Synonym: umur
- (countable) The amount of time that some being has been alive, or that some thing has been in existence, as measured from its birth or origin until the present or until some other given reference point.
- (countable) Lifespan, lifetime; the total time that some being is alive from birth to death (or some category of beings, on average).
Derived terms
Descendants
- > Indonesian: usia (inherited)
References
Further reading
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].
Pronunciation
Verb
-usia (infinitive kuusia)
- to make a will, to express a last will
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -usia
|
| Positive present
|
-nausia
|
| Subjunctive
|
-usie
|
| Negative
|
-usii
|
| Imperative singular
|
usia
|
|
| Infinitives
|
| Positive
|
kuusia
|
| Negative
|
kutousia
|
|
| Imperatives
|
| Singular
|
usia
|
| Plural
|
usieni
|
|
| Tensed forms
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| Habitual
|
huusia
|
| Positive past
|
positive subject concord + -liusia
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| Negative past
|
negative subject concord + -kuusia
|
|
| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nausia)
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|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
ninausia/nausia
|
tunausia
|
| 2nd person
|
unausia
|
mnausia
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
anausia
|
wanausia
|
| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -nausia
|
|
| Negative present (negative subject concord + -usii)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
siusii
|
hatuusii
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| 2nd person
|
huusii
|
hamuusii
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
hausii
|
hawausii
|
| other classes
|
negative subject concord + -usii
|
|
| Positive future
|
positive subject concord + -tausia
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| Negative future
|
negative subject concord + -tausia
|
|
| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -usie)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
niusie
|
tuusie
|
| 2nd person
|
uusie
|
muusie
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
ausie
|
wausie
|
| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -usie
|
|
| Negative subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -siusie
|
| Positive present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngeusia
|
| Negative present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singeusia
|
| Positive past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngaliusia
|
| Negative past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singaliusia
|
|
| Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ausia)
|
|
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Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
nausia
|
twausia
|
| 2nd person
|
wausia
|
mwausia
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
ausia
|
wausia
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
wausia
|
yausia
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
lausia
|
yausia
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
chausia
|
vyausia
|
| n(IX/X)
|
yausia
|
zausia
|
| u(XI)
|
wausia
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
kwausia
|
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| pa(XVI)
|
pausia
|
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| mu(XVIII)
|
mwausia
|
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| Perfect
|
positive subject concord + -meusia
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| "Already"
|
positive subject concord + -meshausia
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| "Not yet"
|
negative subject concord + -jausia
|
| "If/When"
|
positive subject concord + -kiusia
|
| "If not"
|
positive subject concord + -sipousia
|
| Consecutive
|
kausia / positive subject concord + -kausia
|
| Consecutive subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -kausie
|
|
| Object concord (indicative positive)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
-niusia
|
-tuusia
|
| 2nd person
|
-kuusia
|
-wausia/-kuusieni/-wausieni
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
-muusia
|
-wausia
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-uusia
|
-iusia
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-liusia
|
-yausia
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-kiusia
|
-viusia
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-iusia
|
-ziusia
|
| u(XI)
|
-uusia
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-kuusia
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-pausia
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-muusia
|
|
| Reflexive
|
-jiusia
|
|
| Relative forms
|
| General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -usia- + relative marker)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| m-wa(I/II)
|
-usiaye
|
-usiao
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-usiao
|
-usiayo
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-usialo
|
-usiayo
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-usiacho
|
-usiavyo
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-usiayo
|
-usiazo
|
| u(XI)
|
-usiao
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-usiako
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-usiapo
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-usiamo
|
|
|
| Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -usia)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| m-wa(I/II)
|
-yeusia
|
-ousia
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-ousia
|
-yousia
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-lousia
|
-yousia
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-chousia
|
-vyousia
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-yousia
|
-zousia
|
| u(XI)
|
-ousia
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-kousia
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-pousia
|
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| mu(XVIII)
|
-mousia
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| Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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