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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. Alternatively from Dacian *draga.
Noun
dra m (plural dra, definite drau, definite plural dratë)
- sediment, dregs
- smudged butter
- sweepings, dirt
Related terms
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
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dragjō-”, in 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
Related terms
Dutch
Alternative forms
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
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
Alternative forms
- drage (obsolete in Bokmål, but used in Nynorsk and Danish)
Derived terms
References
- “dra” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
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
Alternative forms
Etymology
Apocopic form of draga, from Old Swedish dragha, from Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ-.
Pronunciation
Verb
dra (present drar, preterite drog, supine dragit, imperative dra)
- to pull
Han drog i repet- He pulled the rope (i adds a nuance of "pulled on," rather than "pulled along the ground" or the like)
- to tell a short story or joke
Dra den där fräckisen igen som du drog igår kväll- Hey, tell that dirty story again, the one you told last night
- (often with a particle like fram (“forth”)) to move (often of something large, like a storm or an army)
Stormen drog fram över ön- The storm swept across the island
Stormen drog in över ön- The storm moved in over the island
- (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!
- (with med (“with”)) to be burdened (with)
Han drogs med flera åkommor- He 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
Conjugation
Conjugation of dra (class 6 strong)
Conjugation of
draga (class 6 strong, dated)
Derived terms
Further reading
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