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rara

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rara"

Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /raˈra/ [ɾʌˈɾʌ]
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ra

Noun

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rará f 

  1. packsaddle

Asturian

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Adjective

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rara

  1. feminine singular of raru

Bikol Central

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɾaɾa/ [ˈɾa.ɾa]
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ra

Noun

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rára (Basahan spelling ᜍᜍ)

  1. toxin
    Synonyms: hilo, hudong, lason
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɾaʔɾaʔ/ [ˈɾaʔ.ɾaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ra

Noun

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rârâ (Basahan spelling ᜍᜍ)

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

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Adjective

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rara

  1. feminine singular of rar

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈrara]
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ra

Adjective

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

  1. rare

Fijian

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Etymology

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

Verb

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rara

  1. to warm up something by fire

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Galician

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Adjective

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rara

  1. feminine singular of raro

Gilbertese

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Noun

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rara

  1. blood

Ilocano

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Noun

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rara

  1. honeycomb

Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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rara

  1. feminine singular of raro

Anagrams

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Javanese

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Romanization

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rara

  1. Romanization of ꦫꦫ

Kambera

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Verb

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rara

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

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References

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

Latin

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Adjective

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rāra

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

Adjective

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rārā

  1. ablative feminine singular of rārus

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Maori

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ra.ra/, [ɾɐ.ɾɐ]

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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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

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From Proto-Oceanic *rara, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahdah, from Proto-Austronesian *daSdaS (“chest”).

Noun

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rara

  1. rib
    Synonym: kaokao

References

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  • “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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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rara

  1. girl, maiden

Alternative forms

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Descendants

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  • > Javanese: ꦫꦫ (rara) (inherited)

Further reading

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

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ra

Adjective

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rara

  1. feminine singular of raro

Principense

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FWOTD – 28 May 2015

Pronunciation

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Verb

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rara

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

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

Rapa Nui

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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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

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

Noun

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rara

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

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Romanian

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Etymology

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From rar +‎ -a.

Adverb

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rara

  1. slowly

Shona

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

Verb

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-rárá (infinitive kurárá)

  1. to sleep

Sotho

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Verb

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rara

  1. to be entwined

Southern Ndebele

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Verb

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-rara?

  1. to surprise

Inflection

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈraɾa/ [ˈra.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -aɾa
  • Syllabification: ra‧ra

Adjective

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rara

  1. feminine singular of raro

Swedish

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Adjective

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rara

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

Tahitian

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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rara

  1. a branch

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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rara

  1. to scorch over or on the fire

References

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  • “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

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Etymology

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Akin to Tagalog lala.

Verb

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rara

  1. to weave

Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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rárà

  1. A type of traditional Yoruba oral poetry and chants, or ewì
    Synonym: alámọ̀
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ɾá.ɾá/

Particle

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rárá

  1. no
    Synonym: urọ́ (Ekiti)

Interjection

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rárá

  1. not at all!
    Synonym: ráráárá
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