# suara
## Balinese
### Romanization

suara
* Romanization of ᬲ᭄ᬯᬭ
* Romanization of ᬰ᭄ᬯᬭ

## Catalan
### Etymology

From sus + ara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [suˈa.ɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [suˈa.ɾa]

### Adverb

suara
* just (a while ago)
    Synonym: adés

## Galician
### Verb

suara
* 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: /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)
* voice, utterance
* (figurative) opinion
* (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)
* voice, utterance
** 2021, “Dijangka”, Nur Wahidah (lyrics), performed by Subsonic Eye:Suaramu sebelahku Seperti lagu kegemarankuYour voice beside me is like a favourite song of mine

#### Derived terms

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: su‧a‧ra

### Verb

suara
* first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of suar