suara

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See also: suará and suarà

Balinese

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Romanization

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suara

  1. Romanization of ᬲ᭄ᬯᬭ
  2. Romanization of ᬰ᭄ᬯᬭ

Catalan

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Etymology

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From sus + ara.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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suara

  1. just (a while ago)
    Synonym: adés

Galician

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Verb

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suara

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

Indonesian

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Etymology

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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

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  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /suˈara/ [suˈa.ra]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: su‧a‧ra

Noun

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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

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Further reading

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit स्वर (svara, voice, sound).

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Noun

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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

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: suara
  • Kapampangan: siuala
  • Maguindanao: suala
  • Tausug: swara

References

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  • 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[1], John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 35
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “سوار suwara”, in A Malay-English dictionary[2], Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 416
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “suara”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised)[3], volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 491

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: su‧a‧ra

Verb

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suara

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