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French
Verb
pria
- third-person singular past historic of prier
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Indonesian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रिय (priya, “beloved”). Doublet of priayi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəˈria/,
- Hyphenation: pri‧a
Noun
pria (first-person possessive priaku, second-person possessive priamu, third-person possessive prianya)
- man, boy
- Synonym: laki
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Italian
Etymology
From Latin prius, with the ending influenced by Italian prima (“before”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpri.a/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Hyphenation: prì‧a
Adverb
pria
- (archaic, literary, poetic) before, previously
- Synonym: prima
- Antonym: dopo
- in pria ― firstly
1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto I, page 14, lines 97–99:e ha natura sì malvagia e ria, ¶ che mai non empie la bramosa voglia, ¶ e dopo 'l pasto ha più fame che pria.- and has a nature so malign and ruthless, ¶ that never doth she glut her greedy will, ¶ and after food is hungrier than before.
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