secara

secara

1. inflection of secar:
   1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative
   2. first/third-person singular imperfect preterite subjunctive

secara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of secar

Inherited from Malay secara, from se- +‎ acara. Then reinterpreted by surface analysis, se- +‎ cara. Compare Old Javanese sācāra (“in the manner of”).

• IPA^(key): [səˈt͡ʃara]
• Hyphenation: sê‧ca‧ra

sêcara

2. Added before adjectives and nouns to denote adverbial construction: -ly; done in a certain way, process, or manner

   Synonym: dengan

   ‎secara + ‎saksama (“discerning”) → ‎secara saksama (“discerningly”, literally “in a discerning manner”)

   ‎secara + ‎perlahan (“slow”) → ‎secara perlahan (“slowly”)

   ‎secara + ‎umum (“general, common”) → ‎secara umum (“generally”)

sêcara

1. (slang, uncommon) because [from 2006]

   Synonyms: karena, soalnya, gara-gara, sebab

• “secara”, 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

From se- +‎ acara, originally meaning “by way of an event” or “through a process”, later grammaticalized into a preposition/adverb meaning “in a ... manner”.

• (Standard Literary) IPA^(key): /səˈt͡ʃara/ [səˈt͡ʃa.ra]
  • Rhymes: -ara
• (Kuala Lumpur-Singapore) IPA^(key): /səˈt͡ʃarə/ [səˈt͡ʃa.rə]
  • Rhymes: -arə
• (Kedah) IPA^(key): /səˈt͡ʃara/ [səˈt͡ʃa.ʁa]
  • Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: se‧ca‧ra

secara (Jawi spelling سچارا)

1. in a ... manner; by way of; through; -ly

   Synonym: dengan

   Dia menjawab soalan itu secara tenang. ― He answered the question calmly.

   Projek itu dijalankan secara berperingkat. ― The project was carried out in stages.

• Commonly used to form adverbial phrases with adjectives or nouns (secara rasmi, secara langsung, secara umum).
• Has lost the concrete meaning of “event” from its root acara.

• "secara" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

secara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of secar

secara

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of secară

secara

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of secar