The word "suar" is spelled with four letters, but its pronunciation is not what one might expect. In the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), it is transcribed as /suɑr/. The first sound is a voiced alveolar fricative (s), followed by a high back unrounded vowel (u), and an open back unrounded vowel (ɑ). The last sound is a voiced alveolar flap (r). This word is commonly used in Bahasa Indonesia, where it means "pig".