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 (uncountable)

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

• “muara” 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

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