semua

semua

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay semua, from Sanskrit समूह (samūha).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səmua/

Determiner

semua

  1. all

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay semua, from Classical Malay samua, from Old Malay samūha, from Sanskrit समूह (samūha).

Pronunciation

Determiner

sêmua

  1. all
    Synonyms: seluruh, (archaic) sedaya

Derived terms

Affixations
  • semua-muanya
  • semuanya (everyone; altogether; entirely)

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Classical Malay samua, from Old Malay samūha, from Sanskrit समूह (samūha). Displaced native sedaya, whence Javanese and Sundanese sadaya.

Pronunciation

Adjective

semua (Jawi spelling سموا, not comparable)

  1. Used with any second person pronoun (except engkau/kau) whether singular or plural to form a second person plural pronoun.
    kamu (you (singular)) + ‎semua → ‎kamu semua (you (plural))
    anda (you (singular)) + ‎semua → ‎anda semua (you (plural))
    kau orang (you (plural)) + ‎semua → ‎kau orang semua (you (plural))
    kalian (you (plural)) + ‎semua → ‎kalian semua (you (plural))

Determiner

semua (Jawi spelling سموا)

  1. all (all the exist of the given class)
    semua keretaall cars

Derived terms

Affixations

Descendants

  • Central Malay: semua
  • > Indonesian: semua (inherited)
  • Iban: semua
  • Pattani Malay: مّووْ

Further reading