jiwa

Balinese

Romanization

jiwa

1. Romanization of ᬚᬶᬯ

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay jiwa, from Sanskrit जीव (jīva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.wa/
• Hyphenation: ji‧wa

Noun

jiwa (first-person possessive jiwaku, second-person possessive jiwamu, third-person possessive jiwanya)

1. soul (life, energy, vigour)

   Synonyms: arwah, atma, nyawa

2. content, spirit

   Synonyms: arwah, atma, psike, roh, semangat, spirit

3. (figuratively) lover
4. (figuratively) person
5. (figuratively) life energy, vitality

   Synonyms: hayat, hidup, kehidupan, nyawa

Derived terms

• berjiwa
• jiwa raga
• kejiwaan
• menjiwai
• penjiwaan

 

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Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit जीव (jīva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.wa/
• Hyphenation: ji‧wa

Noun

jiwa (Jawi spelling جيوا‎, plural jiwa-jiwa, informal 1st possessive jiwaku, 2nd possessive jiwamu, 3rd possessive jiwanya)

1. soul (life, energy, vigour)
2. content, spirit
3. (figuratively) lover
4. (figuratively) person
5. (figuratively) life energy, vitality

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penjiwaan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• kejiwaan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• sejiwa [comparability] (se-)
• kesejiwaan [comparability + abstract / locative] (se- + ke-an)
• menjiwai [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• berjiwa [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• jiwa raga

Anagrams

• Jawi

Further reading

• “jiwa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Martuthunira

Adjective

jiwa

1. (nominal) surprised

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Movima

Verb

jiwa

1. to come

Further reading

• http://webdoc.ubn.ru.nl/mono/h/haude_k/gramofmo.pdf
• https://web.archive.org/web/20170516185108/http://www.ioling.org/booklets/iol-2007-indiv-prob.en.pdf