benua

== Baba Malay == === Etymology === From Malay benua, from Old Malay vanua, from Proto-Malayic *bənua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua. === Adjective === benua awed == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Malay benua, from Old Malay vanua, from Proto-Malayic *bənua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua. Doublet of banua and wanua. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bəˈnua/ [bəˈnu.a] Rhymes: -a Syllabification: be‧nu‧a === Noun === bênua (plural benua-benua) (geography) continent Synonyms: kontinen, tanah raya (archaic) land, country Synonyms: kerajaan, negeri, tanah ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “benua”, 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 === From Proto-Malayic *bənua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua. Cognate with Iban menua and Māori whenua. First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (vanua). === Pronunciation === (Baku) IPA(key): /bəˈnwa/ [bəˈnwa] Rhymes: -a (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /bəˈnwə/ [bəˈnwə] Rhymes: -ənwə Hyphenation: be‧nua === Noun === benua (Jawi spelling بنوا, plural benua-benua or benua2) (geography) A continent (each of main land-masses on earth's surface). Synonym: tanah raya (rare) benua Afrika ― the African continent (Classical Malay) A land, state or country. Synonyms: tanah, negara, negeri benua China ― the country of China ==== Affixations ==== ==== Descendants ==== > Baba Malay: benua (inherited) > Indonesian: benua (inherited) === Further reading === "benua" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Nias == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (“inhabited land”), from Proto-Austronesian *banua. Doublet of banua. === Noun === benua (mutated form mbenua) fallow (uncultivated land) === References === Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 33.