dewasa

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dewasa, from Classical Malay dewasa, from Javanese ꦢꦶꦮꦱ (diwasa, “adult”), from Old Javanese diwasa (“day; time”), from Sanskrit दिवस (divasa, “day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛˈwasa]
• Hyphenation: dè‧wa‧sa
• Rhymes: -sa, -a

Adjective

dèwasa

1. adult

Noun

dèwasa (first-person possessive dewasaku, second-person possessive dewasamu, third-person possessive dewasanya)

1. time, period

Further reading

• “dewasa” 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.