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Translingual
Symbol
dra
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Dravidian languages.
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch dragen.
Pronunciation
Verb
dra (present dra, present participle draende, past participle gedra)
- to carry
- to wear
Fjodor is die eerste Russiese tsaar wat Westerse klere dra.- Fjodor is the first Russian tsar that wears western clothes.
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *drag-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (“dregs, sediment”), likely of non-Indo-European origin.[1][2] Alternatively from Dacian *draga.[3]
Noun
dra m (plural dra, definite drau, definite plural dratë)
- sediment, dregs
- smudged butter
- sweepings, dirt
References
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 141
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*dragjō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 99: “*dʰragʰ-ieh₂-”
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dra”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 71
Czech
Pronunciation
Verb
dra
- masculine singular present transgressive of dřít
Synonyms
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch drade, from Old Dutch , from Proto-West Germanic . cognates include Old High German drāto (“quickly, suddenly, violently, intensely”) and its adjectival counterpart drāti; ultimately all derive from the same root to which draaien (“to turn”) (English throw, German drehen (“to turn”)) belongs.
Pronunciation
Adverb
dra
- (archaic) soon
Derived terms
Fijian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Oceanic *draʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.
Noun
dra
- blood
- sap (of plant)
Verb
dra
- to bleed
E dra tiko na ucuna.- His/her nose is bleeding.
References
- Gatty, Ronald (2009) “dra”, in Fijian–English Dictionary: with notes on Fijian culture and natural history, Suva, Fiji: R. Gatty, →ISBN, page 70
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French drap (“sheet”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dra
- bedsheet
Lombard
Etymology
From de + la.
Pronunciation
Article
dra
- (Old Lombard) of the
- (Old Lombard) from the
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ-.
Verb
dra (imperative dra, present tense drar, passive dras, simple past dro or drog, past participle dratt or dradd, present participle dragende)
- to draw; pull; drag
- to leave; depart; go
- dra på ferie - to go on holiday
- (colloquial) of a man, to masturbate
- drage (obsolete in Bokmål, but used in Nynorsk and Danish)
Derived terms
References
- “dra” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ-.
Pronunciation
Verb
dra (present tense dreg or drar, simple past drog, supine drege or dratt or dradd, past participle dregen or dradd, present participle dragande, imperative dra)
- (transitive) to pull; drag, draw
- (intransitive) to leave; depart; go
- å dra på ferie
- to go on holiday
Derived terms
References
- “dra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Puyuma
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *da (“locative case marker”).
Article
dra
- construction marker for common nouns, oblique
a puyuma mekan dra tinalrek.- Puyuma eat rice.
References
- Josiane Cauquelin (2015) Nanwang Puyuma-English Dictionary (Language and Linguistics Monograph Series 56), Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, →ISBN, page 132
Swedish
Etymology
Apocopic form of draga, from Old Swedish dragha, from Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ-. In some senses, from Middle Low German dragen (“carry”) (compare German tragen).
Pronunciation
Verb
dra (present drar, preterite drog, supine dragit, imperative dra)
- to pull (on something, possibly causing it to move)
Hästen drar vagnen- The horse pulls the cart
dra ut en tand- pull out a tooth
dra ut en utdragbar skärbräda- pull out a pull-out cutting board
dra något över golvet- pull something across the floor
Han drog i repet- He pulled the rope
- to tow (a trailer or the like – compare bogsera)
Bilen drar släpet- The car tows the trailer
- to draw (a weapon, from a sheath, holster, or the like)
Riddaren drog sitt svärd- The knight drew his sword
med dragna pistoler- with guns drawn
att dra kniv - to pull a knife / knives
- to pull (tell; give)
Kan du dra siffrorna igen?- Can you pull the numbers again?
- to tell (a short story, joke, or the like)
Dra den där fräckisen igen som du drog igår kväll- Tell that dirty joke again that you told last night
- to play
Nisse drog en låt på dragspelet- Nisse played a song on the accordion
- (in "dra en slutsats") to draw (a conclusion), to conclude (compare "komma fram till" and "sluta sig till")
Med den informationen kan man dra slutsatsen att myrsloken måste vara i den blå lådan- With that information, one can conclude that the anteater must be in the blue box
- (in "dra lärdom") to draw (lessons) (learn from something)
dra lärdom av det inträffade- draw lessons from the incident
- to consume (some resource needed on a continuous basis)
Hur mycket drar bilen per mil? / Vad drar bilen per mil?- How much does the car consume per mile ?
- to draw (a line, curve, or the like – compare rita)
- to hold back on (something (due to hesitancy))
Han drog på svaret- He hesitated / paused before answering
Jag borde göra det nu, men jag drar mig- I should do it now, but I'm delaying
- (often with a particle like fram (“forth”)) to move (often of something large, like a storm or an army – see also rycka)
Stormen drog fram över ön- The storm swept across the island
Stormen drog in över ön- The storm moved in over the island
- (with ifrån) to pull away (increase one's lead (in a (speed) competition))
Den franska föraren börjar dra ifrån i ledningen- The French driver is starting to pull away in the lead
- (colloquial) to go (somewhere), to leave (for some other place)
- Synonyms: sticka, dunsta, gitta
Ska vi dra ner på stan?- Wanna go downtown?
Vi drog hem till Nisse- We went to Nisse's place
Vi drar!- Let's get out of here!
- (idiomatic, in "gå och dra") to idle (do nothing (productive))
De bara går och drar hela dagarna- They're just idling all day
- to run (install (cables, pipes, etc.))
dra kabel i taket- run cable in the ceiling
- (with med (“with”)) to be burdened (with)
Hon drogs med flera åkommor- She was burdened with several ailments
- to steep (be steeped in liquid in order to extract ("pull") flavor compounds, etc.)
Låt teet dra i fyra minuter- Let the tea steep for four minutes
Usage notes
Dra and rycka (“yank, pull”) have some overlap with how pull is sometimes used for more general movement in English in (sense 8), though it's not perfect. You can't "dra/rycka" ("pull/yank") into a driveway, for example.
Conjugation
Conjugation of dra (class 6 strong)
Conjugation of
draga (class 6 strong, dated)
Derived terms
See also
References
Anagrams
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English drawen, from Old English dragan, from Proto-West Germanic *dragan.
Pronunciation
Verb
dra
- to draw
1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 59:Note will wee dra aaght to-die?- I don't know will we draw any to-day?
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 36