bicara

See also: bicará

Buginese

Noun

1. language

Verb

bicara

1. talk
2. speak

   ᨆᨌ ᨀᨚ ᨆᨅᨗᨌᨑ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ?

   Maca ko mabicara ugi?

   Can you speak Buginese?

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Galician

Verb

bicara

1. first-person singular pluperfect indicative of bicar
2. third-person singular pluperfect indicative of bicar

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Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited form Malay bicara, possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian or Sanskrit विचार (vicāra, “thought, discussion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bit͡ʃara/

Verb

bicara

1. to have dealing
2. (informal) to talk, to speak

Noun

bicara

1. thought
2. (informal) negotiation, discussion
3. (Classical Malay) opinion

Adjective

bicara

1. on talk
2. (informal) guaranteed

Derived terms

Derived terms

• berbicara (“talk”)
• membicarakan (“to discuss, to talk about”)

• pembicaraan (“discussion”)
• pembicara (“speaker (person)”)

Further reading

• “bicara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Malay

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Buginese ᨅᨗᨌᨑ (bicara), Indonesian bicara).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /bit͡ʃarə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /bit͡ʃara/
• Rhymes: -arə, -rə, -ə

Verb

bicara (used in the form berbicara)

1. to talk, to speak

Derived terms

• berbicara: to talk
• membicarakan: to discuss, to talk about
• pembicara: speaker (person)
• pembicaraan: discussion

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Portuguese

Verb

bicara

1. first-person singular pluperfect of bicar
2. third-person singular pluperfect of bicar