bayar

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• bajar (1947–1972)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bayar, from Classical Malay bayar, from Proto-Malayic *bayar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayaD. Cognate with Tagalog bayad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.jar/, [ˈba.jar]
• Hyphenation: ba‧yar

Verb

bayar (active membayar, passive dibayar)

1. to pay

Conjugation

Conjugation of bayar (meng-, intransitive)

root	bayar
	active	passive		basic imperative	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
nominative	membayar	terbayar	dibayar	bayar	bayarlah
accusative / dative / locative	membayari	terbayari	dibayari	bayari	bayarilah
perfective causative / applicative2	membayarkan	terbayarkan	dibayarkan	bayarkan	bayarkanlah
	causative
nominative	memperbayar	terperbayar	diperbayar	perbayar	perbayarlah
accusative / dative / locative	memperbayari	terperbayari	diperbayari	perbayari	perbayarilah
perfective causative / applicative2	memperbayarkan	terperbayarkan	diperbayarkan	perbayarkan	perbayarkanlah

¹ There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• pembayaran

References

• “bayar” 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.

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *bajaɣ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayaD. Cognate with Tagalog bayad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbajar/ [ˈba.jar]

• Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: ba‧yar

Verb

bayar (Jawi spelling باير)

1. to pay (finance).

   Bila kau nak bayar hutang kau, ah?!

   When are you gonna pay your debts, huh?!

Descendants

• > Indonesian: bayar (inherited)

Further reading

• “bayar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Ngaju

Noun

bayar

1. pay, payment

Sambali

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bayaD, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayaD.

Noun

bayar

1. pay; payment

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbajaɾ/ [ˈbaː.jɐɾ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ajaɾ
  • IPA^(key): /baˈjaɾ/ [bɐˈjaɾ] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ba‧yar

Noun

bayar (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜇ᜔) (dialectal, Batangas, Rizal, informal)

1. Alternative form of bayad

Adjective

bayár (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜇ᜔) (dialectal, Batangas, Rizal, informal)

1. Alternative form of bayad

Anagrams

• rabya, barya