sewa

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛ.wa]
• Hyphenation: se‧wa

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

sèwa

1. rental

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

• “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.

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)

1. something that is rented.

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.

• “sewa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, 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