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Cebuano
Etymology
After the titular character of the comicbook Darna.
Pronunciation
Noun
darna
- (slang, derogatory) an effeminate male homosexual
Irish
Pronunciation
Numeral
darna
- Alternative form of dara (“second”)
1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 64:caiŕə n dārnə cimpl̥̄ ŕ hȳv nə ḱitōǵə.- [Teighre an darna timpeall ar thaoibh na ciotóige.]
- Take the second roundabout on the left-hand side.
- (literally, “Go…”)
Derived terms
Mutation
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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dharna
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Lithuanian
Etymology
Related to Sanskrit धर्म (dharma). See also derė́ti (“to be fit”).
Noun
darna f
- harmony, coherence
- (Baltic neopaganism) the natural order and harmony of the universe; natural law
Declension
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