Bahasa Melayu

sahaya

Bahasa Melayu

English

only, merely, I

An old-fashioned polite first-person form meaning I or me, and sometimes used in old texts to mean only or merely.

سهاي

Examples

Contoh ayat

  1. Beta dan sahaya akan pergi bersama-sama.

    Beta and I will go together.

  2. Dalam surat lama itu, perkataan sahaya digunakan dengan sopan.

    In that old letter, the word sahaya was used politely.

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What does “I” mean in Malay?

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sahaya

This is an old polite form found in traditional Malay usage.

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.