suara

See also: suará, and suarà

Balinese

Romanization

suara

1. Romanization of ᬲ᭄ᬯᬭ
2. Romanization of ᬰ᭄ᬯᬭ

Catalan

Etymology

From sus + ara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [suˈa.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [suˈa.ɾa]

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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /suˈara/ [suˈa.ra]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: su‧a‧ra

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

 

• alih suara
• kalah suara
• kotak suara
• paduan suara
• pemungutan suara
• sulih suara

 

Further reading

• “suara” 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

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Malaysia):

  (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-)

• alih suara
• kalah suara
• kotak suara
• paduan suara
• pemungutan suara
• sulih suara

 

Descendants

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

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^[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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: su‧a‧ra

Verb

suara

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