suara

See also: suará and suarà

Balinese

Romanization

suara

  1. Romanization of ᬲ᭄ᬯᬭ
  2. Romanization of ᬰ᭄ᬯᬭ

Catalan

Etymology

From sus + ara.

Pronunciation

Adverb

suara

  1. just (a while ago)
    Synonym: adés

Galician

Verb

suara

  1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of suar

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.ˈ(w)ä.rä/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: su‧a‧ra
  • Rhymes: -ra, -a

Noun

suara (first-person possessive suaraku, second-person possessive suaramu, third-person possessive suaranya)

  1. voice, utterance
  2. (figurative) opinion
  3. (figurative) 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

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit स्वर (svara, “voice, sound”).

Pronunciation
  • Audio (MY)(file)

Noun

suara (Jawi spelling سوارا, plural suara-suara, informal 1st possessive suaraku, 2nd possessive suaramu, 3rd possessive suaranya)

  1. voice, utterance
    • 2021, “Dijangka”, Nur Wahidah (lyrics), performed by Subsonic Eye:
      Suaramu sebelahku
      Seperti lagu kegemaranku
      Your voice beside me
      is like a favourite song of mine

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-)

References
  • Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 1994, →ISBN, page 171
  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “سوار soewara”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek‎, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 35
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “سوار suwara”, in A Malay-English dictionary‎, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 416
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “suara”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised)‎, volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 491

Descendants
  • Indonesian: suara

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: su‧a‧ra

Verb

suara

  1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of suar
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