barabara

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English

Noun

barabara (plural barabaras)

  1. Alternative form of barrabora

Japanese

Romanization

barabara

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ばらばら

Kikuyu

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili barabara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /βàɾàβàɾà(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a tetrasyllabic stem.
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Noun

barabara class 9/10 (plural barabara)

  1. road
    barabara ĩno - this road
    barabara ici - these roads
    Synonyms: bara, njĩra

References

  1. ^ “barabara” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 24. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
  3. ^ Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 18.

Swahili

FWOTD – 10 January 2020

Etymology 1

barabara
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Possibly from Arabic بَرّ (barr, “land, earth”).

Pronunciation

Noun

barabara (n class, plural barabara)

  1. road (strip of land made suitable for travel)
    Synonym: njia
    maisha ni barabara ndefu
    life is a long road
    • 2019 July 30, “Erick Kabendera: Polisi wa Tanzania wanasema walimkamata mwandishi huyo [Erick Kabendera: Police in Tanzania say they have arrested the reporter]”, in BBC Swahili‎:
      Baada ya siku tisa Mo kama anavyojulikana nchini humo, alitupwa nje ya uwanja wa Gymkana katika barabara ya Ocean Road eneo linalolindwa sana kwa kuwa barabara hiyo inelekea ikulu ya rais nchini Tanzania.
      After nine days Mo, as he is known in the country, was thrown out of the Gymkana Stadium on the road Ocean Road in an area that is well protected, as the road leads to the presidential palace in Tanzania.
Descendants
  • Kikuyu: barabara

Etymology 2

From Persian برابر (barâbar).

Pronunciation

Adjective

barabara (invariable)

  1. proper, correct, exactly right

Adverb

barabara

  1. exactly, precisely
    • Kumbukumbu la Sheria 5:32, Biblia Habari Njema:
      Nyinyi muwe waangalifu mkafanye kama Mwenyezi-Mungu alivyowaamuru; tekelezeni kila kitu barabara.
      Be careful to do as the Lord has commanded; implement everything precisely.

Tagalog

Adjective

bárabára (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜊᜇ)

  1. Alternative spelling of bara-bara

Yogad

Noun

bárabára

  1. tapeworm
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