bahaya

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bahaya (“danger”), ultimately from Sanskrit भय (bhaya, “danger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈhaja/

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• Hyphenation: ba‧ha‧ya
• Rhymes: -ja, -a

Noun

bahaya (plural bahaya-bahaya)

1. danger
2. hazard

Alternative forms

• baya

Derived terms

• berbahaya
• membahayakan
• sebahaya
• terbahaya

Further reading

• “bahaya” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit भय (bhaya, “risk, peril”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /baˈha.jə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /baˈha.ja/
• Rhymes: -haja, -aja, -ja, -a

Noun

bahaya (Jawi spelling بهاي, plural bahaya-bahaya)

1. danger

Descendants

• Indonesian: bahaya
• → Ternate: bahaya

Further reading

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

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay bahaya, from Sanskrit भय (bhaya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ba.ˈha.ja]

Verb

bahaya

1. (stative) to be dangerous

Conjugation

Conjugation of bahaya

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tobahaya	fobahaya	mibahaya
2nd person		nobahaya	nibahaya
3rd person	masculine	obahaya	ibahaya yobahaya (archaic)
	feminine	mobahaya
	neuter	ibahaya

Adverb

bahaya

1. greatly, very much

   una ohohe-hohe bahaya ― he laughed very much

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh