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    Short for barazoku, from Japanese 薔薇族 (barazoku, literally rose tribe), referencing the gay men's magazine Barazoku, which was the first of its kind published in Japan, itself named after a post-World War II term for gay men.

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    bara (uncountable)

    1. (Japanese fiction, strictly) A genre of homoerotic media, usually also pornographic, typically created by gay men and targeted at gay men in Japan.
    2. (loosely) A genre of homoerotic or pornographic media of a similar style and aesthetic, regardless of the creator's gender or ethnicity.
    3. (loosely) Any homoerotic or pornographic media that accentuates macho masculinity; gay porn.
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    bara (uncountable)

    1. Of or related to media in the bara genre.
      bara men

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    Clipping of capybara.

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    bara (plural baras)

    1. (informal) A capybara.

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    Afar

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    • IPA(key): /baˈra/ [bʌˈɾʌ]
    • Hyphenation: ba‧ra

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    bará f 

    1. sake
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    Declension of bará
    absolutive bará
    predicative bará
    subjective bará
    genitive bará

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈbara/ [ˈbʌɾʌ]
    • Hyphenation: ba‧ra

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    bára

    1. predicative of bár

    References

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    • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 68
    • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

    Breton

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    From Proto-Celtic *bargos, *barginā (cake, bread) (compare Welsh bara, Cornish bara, Old Irish bairgen f (bread, loaf; food, plain diet)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (spike, prickle) (Old Norse barr (corn, grain, barley), Latin far (spelt), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno).[1]

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    bara m (plural baraioù)

    1. bread

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    1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bara”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 17

    Cebuano

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    • Hyphenation: ba‧ra

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    bara

    1. a yard; a unit of length equal to 3 feet

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    Een bara.

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    From Caribbean Hindustani bára, possibly from Hindi बड़ा (baṛā). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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    • IPA(key): /ˈbaː.raː/
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    • Hyphenation: ba‧ra

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    bara m (plural bara's)

    1. (originally Suriname) vada (a savoury doughnut made of mung bean flour)
      • 2021 July 4, “Gezellige sfeer bij vaccinatie in PL-centrum [Congenial atmosphere at vaccination drive at PL party headquarters]”, in StarNieuws[2], retrieved 7 December 2022:
        Uit enkele speakers dendert soca en zouk muziek[sic]. In de lucht hangt de geur van versgebakken bara's en kip.
        Soca and zouk music thumps from a couple of loudspeakers. The smell of freshly fried vadas and chicken wafts through the air.

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    Faroese

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    bara (third person singular past indicative baraði, third person plural past indicative baraðu, supine barað)

    1. (reflexive) constrain (oneself)
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    Conjugation of bara (group v-30)
    infinitive bara
    supine barað
    present past
    first singular bari baraði
    second singular barar baraði
    third singular barar baraði
    plural bara baraðu
    participle (a6)1 barandi baraður
    imperative
    singular bara!
    plural barið!

    1Only the past participle being declined.

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    bara

    1. just, simply
    2. I wish
    3. if only
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    bara m (uncountable)

    1. (Ivory Coast slang) work, labour
      • 2019 April 1, La rappeuse NASH, “La rappeuse NASH nommée ambassadrice nationale UNICEF”, in A UNICEF press release, spread by Ivorian.net, Fratmat, Allafrica, Afrique Femme, Abidjan TV, Ivoire Soir, Africa Hot News:
        Ma science pour les gopios, c’est de : couman fah-fah avec eux, prendre dra de leur melanhement, de leur miria, djaouli ceux qui veulent fraya au souklou, ou avoir un bara djidji par rapport à un graya général demso, decrou un bon soutrali par rapport à les bognan et leur gué un nouveau douahou et mettre mon fangan au-devant pour leurs wés.
        My science for the children is: to do some plain talk with them, discover their troubles, their concerns, to make provisions for those who want to go to school, or to have some real work in relation to a general sustenance, to render some good help in relation to their problems and give them a new chance, and to apply my power for their dreams.

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    bara

    1. (Ivory Coast slang) to work, to labour

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    • IPA(key): /bá.ɽàː/
      • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bə́.ɽàː]

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    barā̀ m (feminine baranyā̀, plural barōrī, possessed form baràn)

    1. servant
      1. A young person who out of respect volunteers to work for someone from time to time.

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    • IPA(key): /bá.ràː/
      • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bə́.ràː]

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    bar̃ā̀ f (plural bàr̃ā̀ce-bàr̃ā̀ce, possessed form bar̃àr̃)

    1. A beggar for alms

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    • IPA(key): /bàː.ráː/
      • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bàː.ráː]

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    bā̀r̃ā f (possessed form bā̀r̃ar̃)

    1. one's focus (e.g., in aiming at or attempting to catch something)

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    • IPA(key): /bàː.ɽá/
      • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bàː.ɽə́]

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    bā̀ra f (possessed form bā̀rar̃)

    1. last year

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    bā̀ra

    1. last year

    Hiligaynon

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    Borrowed from Spanish vara/barra.

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    bára

    1. crowbar
    2. yardstick

    Ibatan

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    From Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq.

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    bara

    1. (anatomy) lung

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    Borrowed from Danish bare (barely, only). First attested in the 18th c..[1] Compare Swedish bara.

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    bara

    1. only, just, if only
      Ég á bara 200 krónur.
      I only have 200 krónur.
      Bara að hann hringi í mig...
      If only he'd call me...
    2. (emphatic, postpositive) only, just
      Synonym: barasta
      Þegiðu bara!
      Just shut up!
      Gerðu þetta bara og þegiðu!
      Just do it and shut up.

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    1. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “bara”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

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    From Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq.

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    bara

    1. lung

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    From Malay bara.

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    bara (plural bara-bara)

    1. ember

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    bara

    1. if, when

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    • Mous, Maarten, Qorro, Martha, Kießling, Roland (2002) Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 11

    Irish

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    From Old Irish bara (flow; intention, design). Probably related to Middle Irish baramail (opinion, expectation).

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    bara f (genitive singular bara, nominative plural baraí)

    1. inclination, intention

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    From Middle Irish bara (barrow), borrowed from Old Norse barar.

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    bara m (genitive singular bara, nominative plural baraí)

    1. barrow, cart
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    Declension of bara (fourth declension)
    bare forms
    singular plural
    nominative bara baraí
    vocative a bhara a bharaí
    genitive bara baraí
    dative bara baraí
    forms with the definite article
    singular plural
    nominative an bara na baraí
    genitive an bhara na mbaraí
    dative leis an mbara
    don bhara
    leis na baraí

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    Mutated forms of bara
    radical lenition eclipsis
    bara bhara mbara

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

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    Borrowed from Lombardic bāra (bier, litter), from Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną (to carry). Compare German Bahre (bier, stretcher).

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    bara f (plural bare)

    1. bier (litter to transport the corpse of a dead person)
      • 1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XI”, in Paradiso [Heaven]‎[3], lines 115–117; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[4], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
        e del suo grembo l’anima preclara
        mover si volle, tornando al suo regno,
        e al suo corpo non volle altra bara.
        And from her bosom the illustrious soul wished to depart, returning to its realm, and for its body wished no other bier.
    2. coffin (box in which a person is buried)
      Synonym: (regional) tabuto
      Il cadavere fu deposto nella bara.
      The body was placed in the coffin.
      molte bare in attesa di sepoltura
      a number of coffins awaiting burial
    3. (obsolete) litter, stretcher
      Synonyms: barella, lettiga
    4. (religion) a carriage used to transport a saint's relics
    5. an animal-drawn carriage typical of Tuscany and Liguria
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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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    bara

    1. inflection of barare:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

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    • bara in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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    • IPA(key): /ˈbɑːra/
    • Hyphenation: ba‧ra

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    bara

    1. Alternative form of borrow
      • 1995, English World-wide, volumes 16-17, Julius Groos Verlag, page 214:
        “So, mii en ha fi fain mi uona wie fi se ina Jamiekan aal kain a sinting we piipl a taak bout wen dem a stodi langgwij . Mek mi shuo unu wa ... Mi bara di Rasta wod 'grounieshan' we dem yuuz fi seshan we dem miit an riizn . Mi tek i an yuuz i fi [...]”
        Well, I had to find my own way to express all sorts of things in Jamaican Creole which people talk about when they study languages. Let me show you what [...] I'm borrowing the Rasta word "Grounation" which they use for sessions where they get together and discuss important matters. I took it and used it to [...]

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    bara

    1. Rōmaji transcription of ばら
    2. Rōmaji transcription of バラ

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    bara

    1. Romanization of ꦧꦫ

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    Perso-Arabic بَرا

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    Borrowed from Persian برا (barâ).

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    bara

    1. because of, for
      Synonyms: bərâyı, sârı
    2. in regard to, in respect of

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    • Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

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    As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
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    bara class 9/10 (plural bara)

    1. road
      Synonyms: barabara, njĩra

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    • “barabara” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 24. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
    1. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.

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    bara

    1. nearby, at, close

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    • Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “bara”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 8

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    bara m

    1. genitive singular of bars

    Malay

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah, from Proto-Austronesian *baʀah.

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    bara (Jawi spelling بارا, plural bara-bara)

    1. ember

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    • Indonesian: bara

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    Mansaka

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    From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bajaq, compare Old Javanese warah.

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    bara

    1. to warn

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    bara

    1. crowbar

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    bara

    1. inflection of bær:
      1. strong nominative/accusative feminine plural
      2. weak nominative masculine singular

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    From Proto-West Germanic *bāru, from Proto-Germanic *bērō, whence also Old English bēr.

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    bāra f

    1. bier

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    Old Swedish

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    From Old Norse bera, bara (East Old Norse), from Proto-Germanic *bazōną.

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    bara

    1. to bare, make bare

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    Romanian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from French barrer (to bar).

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    a bara (third-person singular present barează, past participle barat) 1st conjugation

    1. to bar, to block
      Synonym: bloca
    2. to strike through

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    Rwanda-Rundi

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    From Proto-Bantu *-bàda.

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    -bara (infinitive kubara, perfective -baze)

    1. to count, calculate

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    Etymology 1

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bara.

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    • IPA(key): /bâra/
    • Hyphenation: ba‧ra

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    bȁra f (Cyrillic spelling ба̏ра, relational adjective bȁrskī)

    1. puddle
    2. marsh, swamp
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    Declension of bara
    singular plural
    nominative bȁra bare
    genitive bare bȃrā
    dative bari barama
    accusative baru bare
    vocative baro bare
    locative bari barama
    instrumental barom barama

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    • bara”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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    bara (Cyrillic spelling бара)

    1. genitive singular of bȃr

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    From Portuguese bala.

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    bará class 5 (plural mapará class 6)

    1. bullet

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    Borrowed from Arabic بَرّ (barr, mainland).

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    bara class V or IX (plural mabara class VI or bara class X)

    1. mainland
    2. continent
      Synonym: kontinenti

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    Swedish

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    Etymology

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    From Old Swedish bara, from Old Norse *bara (barely, only), from *barr, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (bare). Compare Icelandic bara.

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    bara

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

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    bara (not comparable)

    1. just, only
      Synonyms: blott, enbart, endast, enkom, uteslutande
      Jag ska bara läsa den här sidan också.
      I'll just read this page too.
      Vi har bara en bil.
      We have only one car.

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    From Spanish barrar (to mud) or Spanish varar (to strand).

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    bará (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇ)

    1. clog; blockage; stoppage; obstruction
      Synonyms: pasak, sumpal, siksik
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    Borrowed from Spanish vara.

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    bara (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇ)

    1. unit of length measuring about 33 inches
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    Borrowed from Spanish barra.

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    bara (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇ)

    1. shaft; lever; beam (of a balance)
      Synonyms: pingga, braso

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    bara

    1. carbuncle

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    • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

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    bara

    1. definite dative singular of bar

    Welsh

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    Etymology 1

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    From Proto-Celtic *bargos, *barginā (cake, bread) (compare Breton bara, Cornish bara, Old Irish bairgen f (bread, loaf; food, plain diet)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (spike, prickle) (Old Norse barr (corn, grain, barley), Latin far (spelt), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno).

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    bara m (plural bara)

    1. bread
    2. (figuratively) food, meal, sustenance
    3. (figuratively) means of subsistence, livelihood
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    Mutated forms of bara
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    bara fara mara unchanged

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    Further reading

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    • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bara”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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    bara

    1. Soft mutation of para.

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    Mutated forms of para
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    para bara mhara phara

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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    • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bara”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
    • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*barag(en)o/ā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 56