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).

• Displaced native sedaya (with the base word daya originating from native Malayic origin), whence Javanese and Sundanese sadaya.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈmua/ [səˈmu.a]
• Syllabification: se‧mu‧a

Determiner

sêmua

1. all

   Synonyms: seluruh, (archaic) sedaya

Derived terms

Affixations

• semua-muanya
• semuanya (“everyone; altogether; entirely”)

Further reading

• “semua”, 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

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /səˈmuə/ [səˈmwə]
• Rhymes: -uə, -ə
• (/a/-variety, Standard Literary) IPA^(key): /səmua/
• Rhymes: -ua
• Hyphenation: se‧mu‧a

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 kereta ― all cars

Derived terms

Affixations

• kesemua (“every single”)
• kesemuanya (“all of them”)
• semuanya (“everyone”)

Descendants

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

Further reading

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