rara

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Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raˈra/,
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ra

Noun

rará f 

  1. packsaddle

Asturian

Adjective

rara

  1. feminine singular of raru

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɾaɾa/,
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ra

Noun

rára (Basahan spelling ᜍᜍ)

  1. toxin
    Synonyms: hilo, hudong, lason
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɾaʔɾaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ra

Noun

rârâ (Basahan spelling ᜍᜍ)

  1. act or manner of lapping up (to drink like an animal)
Derived terms

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

rara

  1. feminine singular of rar

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Adjective

rara (accusative singular raran, plural raraj, accusative plural rarajn)

  1. rare

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *raraŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daŋdaŋ.

Verb

rara

  1. to warm up something by fire

Derived terms

Galician

Adjective

rara

  1. feminine singular of raro

Gilbertese

Noun

rara

  1. blood

Ilocano

Noun

rara

  1. honeycomb

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Hyphenation: rà‧ra

Adjective

rara

  1. feminine singular of raro

Anagrams

Javanese

Romanization

rara

  1. Romanization of ꦫꦫ

Kambera

Verb

rara

  1. (intransitive) to be red
  2. (intransitive) to be ripe

Derived terms

References

  • Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 179

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

rāra

  1. inflection of rārus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

rārā

  1. ablative feminine singular of rārus

References

Maori

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *lala (“scattered, disorderly”).

Verb

rara

  1. to spread out, to scatter
  2. to rush in disorder, to stampede
    Ka rara ngā ika ki runga o te kaharunga.
    The fish rushed over the upper edge of the seine net.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

rara

  1. rib

References

  • “rara” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀa (“maiden, virgin, unmarried girl”). Doublet of ḍara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ra.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ra
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ra

Noun

rara

  1. girl, maiden

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦫꦫ (rara) (inherited)

Further reading

  • "rara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -aɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ra

Adjective

rara

  1. feminine singular of raro

Principense

FWOTD – 28 May 2015

Pronunciation

Verb

rara

  1. to put a leaf over a fire so it becomes more flexible

References

  • “rara” in 2012, Vanessa Pinheiro de Araújo, Um Dicionário Principense-Português.

Rapa Nui

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *rara (“to grill, to roast, to heat over fire”).

Verb

rara

  1. to scorch, to singe
  2. to warm
    he-rara i te nua ki ruga ki te ahi mo hakapakapaka ― to warm clothing near a fire so as to dry it

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *rara (“side, to be on the side, move to the side”).

Noun

rara

  1. side
    rara mata'u ― right side
    rara maûi ― left side

References

Romanian

Etymology

From rar +‎ -a.

Adverb

rara

  1. slowly

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

Verb

-rárá (infinitive kurárá)

  1. to sleep

Sotho

Verb

rara

  1. to be entwined

Southern Ndebele

Verb

-rara?

  1. to surprise

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈraɾa/
  • Rhymes: -aɾa
  • Syllabification: ra‧ra

Adjective

rara

  1. feminine singular of raro

Swedish

Adjective

rara

  1. inflection of rar:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Tahitian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *raqaraqa (“branchy, having branches; small branches”).

Noun

rara

  1. a branch

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *rara (“to grill, to roast, to heat over fire”).

Verb

rara

  1. to scorch over or on the fire

References

  • “rara” in John Davies, A Tahitian and English dictionary, with introductory remarks on the Polynesian language, and a short grammar of the Tahitian dialect: with an appendix containing a list of foreign words used in the Tahitian Bible, in commerce, etc., with the sources from whence they have been derived, 1851.

Western Bukidnon Manobo

Etymology

Akin to Tagalog lala.

Verb

rara

  1. to weave

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

rárà

  1. A type of traditional Yoruba oral poetry and chants, or ewì
    Synonym: alámọ̀
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɾá.ɾá/

Particle

rárá

  1. no
    Synonym: urọ́ (Ekiti)

Interjection

rárá

  1. not at all!
    Synonym: ráráárá
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