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Brunei Malay
Etymology
Compare Malay muara.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muara/, /mwara/
- Hyphenation: mu‧a‧ra, mua‧ra
Noun
muara
- mouth (the end of a river out of which water flows)
- Synonym: kuala
Galician
Verb
muara
- 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
Noun
muara (first-person possessive muaraku, second-person possessive muaramu, third-person possessive muaranya)
- mouth: the end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water.
- Synonym: kuala
- (figurative) end
- Synonym: ujung
Derived terms
Further reading
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muara/, /mwara/
- Hyphenation: mu‧a‧ra
- Rhymes: -a
Noun
muara
- mouth (the end of a river out of which water flows)
Descendants