muara

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Compare Malay muara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muara/, /mwara/
  • Hyphenation: mu‧a‧ra, mua‧ra

Noun

muara

  1. mouth (the end of a river out of which water flows)
    Synonym: kuala

Galician

Verb

muara

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay muara, probably from Prakrit *muhavara, from Sanskrit मुख (mukha) + द्वार (dvāra) (compare to Tamil முகத்துவாரம் (mukattuvāram, mouth (of river); estuary)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmua̯ra]
  • Hyphenation: mua‧ra

Noun

muara (first-person possessive muaraku, second-person possessive muaramu, third-person possessive muaranya)

  1. mouth: the end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water.
    Synonym: kuala
  2. (figurative) end
    Synonym: ujung

Derived terms

  • bermuara

Further reading

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muara/, /mwara/
  • Hyphenation: mu‧a‧ra
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

muara

  1. mouth (the end of a river out of which water flows)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: muara
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