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menyawa

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Kedah Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa (compare Siraya xinawa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məɲawa/, /məɲawɑ/

Verb

menyawa

  1. to breathe
    Synonym: benapaih
    Dia ketat dada sampai takleh nak menyawa.
    He could not breathe because his chest was tight.