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Italian
Etymology
From a confluence of Latin re- (“again”) and ad- (“towards”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ra/
- Hyphenation: ra-
Prefix
ra-
- used in the formation of verbs with an intensive or iterative sense
- ra- + freddo (“cold, cool”) → raffreddare (“to cool down”)
- ra- + sereno (“serene; (of weather) calm”) → rasserenare (“to calm; (of weather) to clear up”)
Usage notes
- It always causes gemination of an initial single consonant.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Mohawk
Prefix
ra-
- pronominal prefix for
- He ______ it/her
| -
|
Initial consonant
|
| Environment |
t/s/h/k |
n/r/w/’ |
a |
e/en |
o/on |
i |
y
|
| Word-Initial
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ra- |
ra- |
r- |
r- |
r- |
ren- |
ra-
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References
- Gunther Michelson (1973) A thousand words of Mohawk, University of Ottawa Press, page 9
- Nora Deering, Helga H. Delisle (1976) Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, page 384
Old Javanese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daₐ
Prefix
ra-
- oblique case marker for common nouns
Derived terms