See also: Pria

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Verb

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pria

  1. third-person singular past historic of prier

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रिय (priya, beloved). Doublet of priayi.

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  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈpria/ [ˈpri.a], /pəˈria/ [pəˈri.a]
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  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: pri‧a

Noun

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pria (first-person possessive priaku, second-person possessive priamu, third-person possessive prianya)

  1. man, boy
    Synonym: laki

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin prius, with the ending influenced by Italian prima (before).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpri.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: prì‧a

Adverb

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pria

  1. (archaic, literary, poetic) before, previously
    Synonym: prima
    Antonym: dopo
    in priafirstly
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto I, page 14, lines 97–99:
      e ha natura sì malvagia e ria, ¶ che mai non empie la bramosa voglia, ¶ e dopo 'l pasto ha più fame che pria.
      and has a nature so malign and ruthless, ¶ that never doth she glut her greedy will, ¶ and after food is hungrier than before.

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