semoga

• s'moga (contraction)

Inherited from Malay semoga, affixed se- +‎ moga.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈmoɡa/ [səˈmo.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -oɡa
• Syllabification: se‧mo‧ga

sêmoga

1. hopefully

   Synonym: moga-moga

   Semoga sukses!

   Good luck!

   (literally, “hopefully successful”)

• “semoga”, 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

Affixation of se- +‎ moga.

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /səˈmoɡə/ [səˈmo.ɡə]
• Rhymes: -ɡə, -ə
• (/a/-variety, Standard Literary) IPA^(key): /səˈmoɡa/ [səˈmo.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -ɡa, -a
• Hyphenation: se‧mo‧ga

semoga (Jawi spelling سموݢ)

1. may there; hopefully

   Synonyms: harap-harap, mudah-mudahan, moga-moga

   Semoga semua lulus ujian!

   May all of you pass this test!

• > Indonesian: semoga (inherited)

• selamat (also used to wish a person well)

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