biwara

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English beaver, likely through Hindi बीवर (bīvar), written with silent final /ə/ (inherent vowel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ˈwa.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra, -a
• Hyphenation: bi‧wa‧ra

Noun

biwara (plural biwara-biwara, first-person possessive biwaraku, second-person possessive biwaramu, third-person possessive biwaranya)

1. beaver

Further reading

• “biwara” 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.