muara
Brunei Malay
Etymology
Compare Malay muara.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muara/, /mwara/
- Hyphenation: mu‧a‧ra, mua‧ra
Noun
muara
- mouth (the end of a river out of which water flows)
- Synonym: kuala
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay muara, probably from Prakrit *muhavara, from Sanskrit मुख (mukha) + द्वार (dvāra) (compare to Tamil முகத்துவாரம் (mukattuvāram, “mouth (of river); estuary”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmua̯ra]
- Hyphenation: mua‧ra
Noun
muara (first-person possessive muaraku, second-person possessive muaramu, third-person possessive muaranya)
- mouth: the end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water.
- Synonym: kuala
- (figurative) end
- Synonym: ujung
Derived terms
- bermuara
Further reading
- “muara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muara/, /mwara/
- Hyphenation: mu‧a‧ra
Noun
muara
- mouth (the end of a river out of which water flows)
Descendants
- Indonesian: muara