See also: wara', waṟa, waɽa, wára, wārā, and wårå

Awabakal edit

Noun edit

wara

  1. four or five
  2. palm of the hand

Balinese edit

Romanization edit

wara

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

Bikol Central edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

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 edit

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 edit

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Javanese ꦮꦫ (wara, words),

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈwara]
  • Hyphenation: wa‧ra

Root edit

wara

  1. announcement

Affixed terms edit

Compounds edit

Further reading edit

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

wara

  1. Rōmaji transcription of わら

Javanese edit

Romanization edit

wara

  1. Romanization of ꦮꦫ.

Maltese edit

Root
w-r-j
10 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic وَرَاء (warāʔ, behind, beyond).

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

wara

  1. (local) behind
    Antonym: quddiem
  2. (temporal) after
    Antonym: qabel

Inflection edit

  • Usual forms:
Inflected forms of wara
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person waraji warajna
2nd person warajek warajkom
3rd person waraju warajha warajhom
  • Rarer alternative forms:
Inflected forms of wara
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person wrajja wrajna
2nd person wrajk wrajkom
3rd person wrajh wrajha wrajhom

Old High German edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

wara f

  1. attention
Descendants edit
  • Middle High German: war

Etymology 2 edit

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

Noun edit

wāra f

  1. truth
  2. agreement

Old Javanese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit वर (vara).

Noun edit

wara

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

Proper noun edit

wara

  1. before personal names of young men and women

Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

wara

  1. Alternative spelling of awara (screen)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Adverb edit

wara

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

Further reading edit

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

Polish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈva.ra/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: wa‧ra

Etymology 1 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection edit

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 edit
interjection
verb

Etymology 2 edit

Clipping of warga.

Noun edit

wara f

  1. (colloquial) Augmentative of warga
Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • 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 edit

Noun edit

wara

  1. sleep

Related terms edit

  • wark (sleep, verb)

Further reading edit

  • Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998) [1]

Quechua edit

Noun edit

wara

  1. pants, jeans

Declension edit

Tiruray edit

Noun edit

wara

  1. (anatomy) shoulder

Tok Pisin edit

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Etymology edit

From English water.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

wara

  1. water
  2. river, stream
  3. flow of water

Derived terms edit

Woi edit

Noun edit

wara

  1. hand

Yoruba edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

wàrà

  1. milk
    Synonym: mílíìkì
  2. a kind of Fulani cheese, similar to cottage cheese

Derived terms edit