benua

From Malay benua, from Old Malay vanua, from Proto-Malayic *bənua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.

benua

1. awed

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.

• IPA^(key): [bəˈnua̯]
• Hyphenation: bê‧nua

bênua (first-person possessive benuaku, second-person possessive benuamu, third-person possessive benuanya)

1. (geography) continent

   Synonym: kontinen

2. (archaic) land, country

   Synonyms: kerajaan, negeri

• “benua” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (vanua). From Proto-Malayic *bənua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.

• IPA^(key): /bənua/
• Rhymes: -ənua, -nua, -ua, -a
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [bənuə], [bənʷə]

benua (Jawi spelling بنوا‎, plural benua-benua, informal 1st possessive benuaku, 2nd possessive benuamu, 3rd possessive benuanya)

1. (geography) continent (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

   Benua Afrika

   African continent

2. (Classical Malay) land, country

   Benua Sumatera

   Land of Sumatra

   Synonyms: tanah, negara, negeri

• Baba Malay: benua
• Indonesian: benua

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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (“inhabited land”), from Proto-Austronesian *banua. Doublet of banua.

benua (mutated form mbenua)

1. fallow (uncultivated land)

• Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 33.