usia

Inherited from Malay usia, from Classical Malay usia, from Sanskrit आयुष्य (āyuṣya, “life, lifespan”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /uˈsia/ [uˈsi.a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: u‧si‧a

usia (plural usia-usia)

1. (formal) age, lifespan

   Synonym: umur

2. (formal) life

   Synonym: umur

• “usia”, 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

Borrowed from Sanskrit आयुष्य (āyuṣya, “life, lifespan”).

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈusjə/ [ˈu.sjə]
  • Rhymes: -ə

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈusja/ [ˈu.sja]
  • Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: u‧sia

usia (Jawi spelling اوسيا, plural usia-usia)

1. age^[1]

   Synonym: umur

   1. (countable) The amount of time that some being has been alive, or that some thing has been in existence, as measured from its birth or origin until the present or until some other given reference point.
   2. (countable) Lifespan, lifetime; the total time that some being is alive from birth to death (or some category of beings, on average).

• > Indonesian: usia (inherited)

• “usia”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017