pikir

Amahai

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian pikir (“thought”).

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 (“thought”).

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 (“thought”).

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 (“thought”).

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 (“thought”).

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 Indonesian, standard Malay)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِكْر (fikr) via Malay fikir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.kir/

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• Hyphenation: pi‧kir

Noun

pikir (first-person possessive pikirku, second-person possessive pikirmu, third-person possessive pikirnya)

1. thought

   Synonym: pikiran

Verb

pikir (active memikir, passive dipikir, momentane/perfective passive terpikir)

1. (intransitive) to think

Conjugation

Conjugation of pikir (meng-, intransitive)
Root	pikir
	Active	Involuntary / Perfective	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Jussive
Active	memikir	terpikir	dipikir	pikir	pikirlah
Locative	memikiri	terpikiri	dipikiri	pikiri	pikirilah
Causative / Applicative1	memikirkan	terpikirkan	dipikirkan	pikirkan	pikirkanlah
	Causative
Active	memperpikir	terperpikir	diperpikir	perpikir	perpikirlah
Locative	memperpikiri	terperpikiri	diperpikiri	perpikiri	perpikirilah
Causative / Applicative1	memperpikirkan	terperpikirkan	diperpikirkan	perpikirkan	perpikirkanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• kepikiran
• pemikir
• pemikiran
• pikiran
• sepemikiran
• sepikiran

 

• pikir punya pikir

 

Descendants

• → Amahai: pikir
• → Angkola Batak: pikir
• → Asilulu: pikir
• → Banggai: pikir
• → Belait: 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 Webonary.org

West Makian

Etymology

From Indonesian pikir, 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