wara

Awabakal

Noun

wara

1. four or five
2. palm of the hand

Balinese

Romanization

wara

1. Romanization of ᬯᬭ
2. Romanization of ᬯᬵᬭ
3. Romanization of ᬯ᭄ᬯᬭ

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *wadaq, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waˈɾaʔ/,
• Hyphenation: wa‧ra

Adjective

warâ (plural warara, Basahan spelling ᜏᜍ)

1. lost; disappeared; vanished

   Nawara sana siya.

   S/he's just disappeared.

2. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) absent

   Synonyms: mayo, awsente

   Antonym: yaon

   Wara naman siya sa klase.

   S/he's absent again in class.

Pronoun

warâ (plural warara, Basahan spelling ᜏᜍ)

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon, indefinite) nothing; none; no one; nobody

   Synonyms: mayo, dai

   Antonyms: igwa, may

   Wara baga ki tawo sa harong.

   There's no one in the house.

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦮꦫ (wara, “words”),

• from Old Javanese wiwarana, ultimately from Sanskrit विवरण (vivaraṇa).
• from Old Javanese warah (“communication, information, report, instruction, teaching”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bajaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: wa‧ra

Root

wara

1. announcement

Affixed terms

Compounds

Further reading

• “wara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

wara

1. Rōmaji transcription of わら

Javanese

Romanization

wara

1. Romanization of ꦮꦫ.

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic وَرَاء (warāʔ, “behind, beyond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwara/

Preposition

wara

1. (local) behind

   Antonym: quddiem

2. (temporal) after

   Antonym: qabel

Inflection

• Usual forms:

• Rarer alternative forms:

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *war, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention”), whence also Old English wær.

Noun

wara f

1. attention

Descendants

• Middle High German: war
  • German: *Wahr (wahrnehmen, verwahrlosen)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *wērō (“truth”), whence also Old English wær.

Noun

wāra f

1. truth
2. agreement

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Homophone: wāra
• Hyphenation: wa‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit वर (vara).

Noun

wara

1. favour, gift
2. eminent, precious, select

Proper noun

wara

1. before personal names of young men and women

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦮꦫ (wara, “lady”)
• → Balinese: ᬯᬭ (wara, “superior”)

Etymology 2

Noun

wara

1. Alternative spelling of awara (“screen”)

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Adverb

wara

1. Alternative spelling of wwara (“to be there; to be present”)

Further reading

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

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: wa‧ra

Etymology 1

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Interjection

wara

1. hands off (used to firmly express a demand that one stop interfering with the development of events concerning what is being discussed)

   Synonym: ręce precz

Related terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of warga.

Noun

wara f

1. (colloquial) Augmentative of warga

Declension

Further reading

• wara I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wara II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wara in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Q'eqchi

Noun

wara

1. sleep

Related terms

• wark (“sleep”, verb)

Further reading

• Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998)

Quechua

Noun

wara

1. pants, jeans

Declension

Tiruray

Noun

wara

1. (anatomy) shoulder

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English water.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwara/

Noun

wara

1. water
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:10:

     Na wanpela wara i kamap long Iden bilong givim wara long dispela gaden. Dispela wara i bruk na i kamap 4-pela han wara

     →New International Version translation

2. river, stream
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:10:

     Na wanpela wara i kamap long Iden bilong givim wara long dispela gaden. Dispela wara i bruk na i kamap 4-pela han wara

     →New International Version translation

3. flow of water
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:2:

     Tudak i karamapim bikpela wara na spirit bilong God i go i kam antap long en.

     →New International Version translation

Derived terms

Woi

Noun

wara

1. hand

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wà.ɾà/

Noun

wàrà

1. milk

   Synonym: mílíìkì

2. a kind of Fulani cheese, similar to cottage cheese

Derived terms