biar

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Cimbrian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German wir, from Old High German wir, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz. Cognate with German wir, English we.

Pronoun

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biar

  1. (Luserna) we

Inflection

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Personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person i biar
2nd person du iar
3rd person er, si, 'z se

References

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay biar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bihaʀ.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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biar

  1. to let; to allow

Derived terms

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Conjunction

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biar

  1. so that; in order to

Further reading

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bihaʀ. Cognate to Acehnese bieuë and Tagalog bihag.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bi.ja(r)]
  • Rhymes: -ar
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ar

Verb

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biar (Jawi spelling بيار)

  1. To let; to allow.
    Biar dia pergi seorang diri kalau dia berani sangat.
    Let him go by himself if he's so brave to do it.

Affixations

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Conjunction

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biar (Jawi spelling بيار)

  1. So that; so.
    Synonyms: agar, supaya
    Bagi duit tu kat pengemis tu, biar dia dapat makan untuk hari ni sekurang-kurangnya.
    Give that money to that beggar so that he could eat for at least today.
  2. (idiomatic) No matter if.
    Biar putih tulang jangan putih mataNo matter if you die, do not let yourself be put to shame

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: biar

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Mòcheno

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Alternative forms

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  • ber (unstressed)

Etymology

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From Middle High German wir, from Old High German wir, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz. Cognate with German wir, English we.

Pronoun

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biar (accusative ens, possessive enk)

  1. we

Inflection

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Personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person i biar
2nd person du ir
3rd person er, si, s sei

References

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