dewasa

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dewasa, from Classical Malay dewasa, from Javanese ꦢꦶꦮꦱ (diwasa, “adult”), from Old Javanese diwasa (“day; time”), from Sanskrit दिवस (divasa, “day”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dɛˈwasa]
  • Hyphenation: dè‧wa‧sa
  • Rhymes: -sa, -a

Adjective

dèwasa

  1. adult

Noun

dèwasa (first-person possessive dewasaku, second-person possessive dewasamu, third-person possessive dewasanya)

  1. time, period

References
  1. Poedjosoedarmo, Soepomo (1982) “Javanese influence on Indonesian phonology”, in Javanese influence in Indonesian (D)‎, volume 38, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, pages 19-50

Further reading
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