nirsuara

Indonesian

Etymology

From nir- +‎ suara (“voice”). Calque of English voiceless.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /nirsuˈara/ [nir.suˈa.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: nir‧su‧a‧ra

Adjective

nirsuara (comparative lebih nirsuara, superlative paling nirsuara)

1. (phonetics, of a consonant or vowel) voiceless: Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords

Further reading

• “nirsuara”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016