suara
See also: suará and suarà
Balinese
Romanization
suara
- Romanization of ᬲ᭄ᬯᬭ
- Romanization of ᬰ᭄ᬯᬭ
Catalan
Etymology
From sus + ara.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /suˈa.ɾə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /suˈa.ɾa/
Adverb
suara
- just (a while ago)
- Synonym: adés
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay suara, from Sanskrit स्वर (svara, “voice, sound”). The sense of "opinion, vote" is a semantic loan from Dutch stem (“vote”, literally “voice”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su.a.ra/
- Rhymes: -ra, -a
- Hyphenation: su‧a‧ra
Noun
suara (first-person possessive suaraku, second-person possessive suaramu, third-person possessive suaranya)
- voice, utterance
- (figuratively) opinion, vote (formalised choice)
- Synonym: sêtèm
- Synonym: undi (Standard Malay)
Derived terms
- bersuara
- disuarakan
- menyuarakan
- penyuara
- penyuaraan
- suara bulat
- suara hati
- suara isian
- suara minor
- suara miring
- suara rakyat
- suara remang-remang
- suara samaran
- suara sumbang
- alih suara
- kalah suara
- kotak suara
- paduan suara
- pemungutan suara
- sulih suara
Further reading
- “suara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Sanskrit स्वर (svara, “voice, sound”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
suara (plural suara-suara, informal 1st possessive suaraku, 2nd possessive suaramu, 3rd possessive suaranya)
- voice, utterance
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- penyuara [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- persuara [causative passive] (peR-)
- menyuarakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- disuarakan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
- bersuara [stative / habitual] (beR-)
- menyuara [agent focus] (meN-)
- disuara [patient focus] (di-)
Descendants
- Indonesian: suara
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: su‧a‧ra
Verb
suara
- first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of suar