pikir

Amahai

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian pikir, from Malay fikir, from Arabic فِكْر (fikr).

Verb

pikir

1. to think

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Angkola Batak

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian pikir, from Malay fikir, from Arabic فِكْر (fikr).

Verb

pikir

1. to think

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Asilulu

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian pikir, from Malay fikir, from Arabic فِكْر (fikr).

Verb

pikir

1. to think

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Banggai

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian pikir, from Malay fikir, from Arabic فِكْر (fikr).

Verb

pikir

1. to think

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Belait

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay fikir, from Arabic فِكْر (fikr).

Verb

pikir

1. to think

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• fikir (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Malay fikir, from Arabic فِكْر (fikr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpikir/ [ˈpi.kɪr]
• Rhymes: -ikir
• Syllabification: pi‧kir

Noun

pikir

1. thought

   Synonym: pikiran

2. thought, guess, opinion

   Synonyms: dugaan, pendapat

Verb

pikir

1. (intransitive, transitive) to think

   Synonym: berpikir

2. (intransitive) to think, guess, conclude

Derived terms

• (intransitive) berpikir (“to think, consider carefully”)
• (intransitive) berpikir-pikir (“to think or consider repeatedly”)
• berpikiran (“minded, having the mind of”)
• kepikiran (“to (suddenly) remember or think”)
• memikir (“to think, consider carefully”)
• memikir-mikir (“to think or consider repeatedly”)
• (uncommon) memikir-mikirkan (“to think or consider repeatedly”)
• memikiri (“to think, consider carefully”)
• (intransitive) memikirkan (“to think, consider carefully”)
• pemikir (“thinker”)
• pemikiran (“thinking, the act of thinking”)
• pikiran (“thought, mind”)
• sepemikiran (“to have the same thought”)
• sepikiran (“to have the same thought”)
• terpikir (“to (suddenly) remember or think”)
• terpikirkan (“to (suddenly) remember or think”)

• pola pikir (“mindset”)

• pikir punya pikir (“actually; after thinking for a moment..”)

Descendants

• → Amahai: pikir
• → Angkola Batak: pikir
• → Asilulu: pikir
• → Banggai: pikir
• → Belait: pikir
• → West Makian: pikir

Further reading

• “pikir” 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.

Javanese

Verb

pikir

1. to think

Malay

Etymology

Nativization of fikir, from Arabic فَكَّرَ (fakkara, “to think”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pikir/
  • (Johor-Riau, Terengganu, Kelantan-Pattani) IPA^(key): [pike]
  • (Kedah-Penang-Perlis) IPA^(key): [pikjaʕ]
• Rhymes: -kir, -ir

Noun

pikir (Jawi spelling ڤيکير)

1. Alternative form of fikir.

Verb

pikir (Jawi spelling ڤيکير)

1. Alternative form of fikir.

Turkmen

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِكْر (fikr). Compare Turkish fikir.

Noun

pikir (definite accusative pikiri, plural pikirler)

1. thought

Declension

Declension of pikir

	singular	plural
nominative	pikir	pikirler
accusative	pikiri	pikirleri
genitive	pikiriň	pikirleriň
dative	pikire	pikirlere
locative	pikirde	pikirlerde
ablative	pikirden	pikirlerden

Derived terms

• pikir etmek
• pikirdeş

Further reading

• “pikir” in Enedilim.com
• “pikir” in Webonary.org

West Makian

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian pikir, from Malay fikir, from Arabic فِكْر (fikr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.kir/

Verb

pikir

1. (intransitive) to think

Conjugation

Conjugation of pikir (action verb)

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tepikir	mepikir	apikir
2nd person		nepikir	fepikir
3rd person	inanimate	ipikir	depikir
	animate
imperative		nipikir, pikir	fipikir, pikir

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics