ราดารา

Urak Lawoi'

Etymology

Partial reduplication of ดารา (dara), from Proto-Malayic *dara, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀa (“maiden, virgin, unmarried woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /radara/, [radaˈra]

Noun

ราดารา (radara)

1. virgin
2. (นีบีนี~) young woman
3. (นานะ~) unmarried daughter

Further reading

• Hogan, David W. (1988) Urak Lawoi': Basic Structures And Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-109)‎^[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 145