pikir

Amahai

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian pikir (“thought”).

Verb

pikir

1. to think

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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Angkola Batak

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian pikir (“thought”).

Verb

pikir

1. to think

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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Asilulu

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian pikir (“thought”).

Verb

pikir

1. to think

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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Banggai

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian pikir (“thought”).

Verb

pikir

1. to think

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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Belait

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay fikir (“thought”).

Verb

pikir

1. to think

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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Indonesian

Alternative forms

• fikir (nonstandard Indonesian, standard Malay)

Etymology

From Malay pikir, fikir, from Classical Malay ڤيكير‎ (pikir), فيكير‎ (fikir), from Arabic فِكْر‎ (fikr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpikɪr/
• Hyphenation: pi‧kir

Noun

pikir (first-person possessive pikirku, second-person possessive pikirmu, third-person possessive pikirnya)

1. idea
2. thought

Derived terms

• berpikir
• berpikiran
• berpikir-pikir
• kepikiran
• memikir
• memikiri
• memikirkan
• memikir-mikir
• memikir-mikirkan
• pemikir
• pemikiran
• pikiran
• sepikiran
• terpikir
• terpikirkan

 

• pikir punya pikir

 

Descendants

• → Amahai: pikir
• → Angkola Batak: pikir
• → Asilulu: pikir
• → Banggai: pikir
• → Belait: pikir

Verb

pikir

1. infinitive, imperative , and colloquial of memikir (“to think”)

Further reading

• “pikir” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Javanese

Verb

pikir

1. to think

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West Makian

Etymology

From Malay pikir, from Arabic فِكْر‎‎ (fikr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.kir/

Verb

pikir

1. (intransitive) to think

Conjugation

Conjugation of pikir (action verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tepikir	mepikir	apikir
2nd person		nepikir	fepikir
3rd person	inanimate	ipikir	depikir
	animate
imperative		nipikir, pikir	fipikir, pikir

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics