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

Reconstructed as se- +‎ acara, from Malay secara. Compare Old Javanese sācāra (“in the manner of”).

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

sêcara

1. in a ___ way, ___-ly

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”.

• IPA: /sət͡ʃara/

secara (Jawi spelling سچارا)

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

   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

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