Where does “nyawa” come from?

nyawa (Banjarese) comes from Proto-Malayic ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian niSawa — breath.

nyawa (Banjarese): Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours

Definitions

  1. Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours

Ancestry of “nyawa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicñawabreath
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiannihawabreath
3Proto-AustronesianniSawabreath
Every word from Proto-Austronesian niSawa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nihawa →Every word from Proto-Malayic ñawa →