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rara

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rara"
Languages (31)
Afar • Asturian • Catalan • Central Bikol • Chungli Ao • Esperanto • Fijian • Galician • Gilbertese • Hanunoo • Iban • Ilocano • Italian • Javanese • Kambera • Latin • Makasar • Māori • Old Javanese • Portuguese • Principense • Rapa Nui • Romanian • Shona • Sotho • Southern Ndebele • Spanish • Swedish • Tahitian • Western Bukidnon Manobo • Yoruba
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Afar

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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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rara

  1. feminine singular of raru

Catalan

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Adjective

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rara

  1. feminine singular of rar

Central Bikol

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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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Chungli Ao

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Verb

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rara

  1. to fight

Inflection

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Inflection of rara (Chungli)
Affirmative Negative
Past Simple rara merara
Perfect raraogo meraraogo
Present Simple rarar merarar
Progressive raradar
raradagi		 meraradar
meraradagi
Future/infinitive raratsü meraratsü
Imperative rarang terara
Present participle rara-a merarai
Conditional rarara
rararabang		 merarara
merararabang

Noun

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rara

  1. war

Further reading

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  • Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 62
  • Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 120

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrara/
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  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: ra‧ra

Adjective

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

  1. rare

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Fijian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Central Pacific *rara, from Proto-Oceanic *raraŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daŋdaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *daŋdaŋ.

Verb

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rara (transitive raraga) (intransitive)

  1. to warm up something by the fire
    Me rara mada na drau ni vudi, de na kasere.
    Please warm the plantain leaves first before they tear up.
  2. (reflexive) to warm one's body by a fire
    Era dau rara na tagane ni cagi batabata mai na ulunivanua.
    Men would warm themselves when the cold air came from the mountains.

Derived terms

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  • irara (“indoor fire for warming (not for cooking)”) (archaic)
  • ivakarara (“bamboo frame used to prop legs by fire for warming”) (archaic)
  • raraga (“to warm one's body by fire”)
  • raravisa (“cutting, harsh, domineering (in behaviour)”)
  • raravu (“properly hot (of earth oven stones)”)
  • rarawa (“sorrow, sadness”)
  • rarawataka (“to regret, to be sorry about”)
  • rasarasa (“gleaming, glistening”)
  • vakarara (“to warm oneself by a warming fire”)

References

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  • Gatty, Ronald (2009), “rara”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, pages 203–4

Galician

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Adjective

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rara

  1. feminine singular of raro

Gilbertese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Micronesian *caa, from Proto-Oceanic *draʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.

Noun

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rara

  1. blood

Hanunoo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rara (“red”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɾaˈɾa/ [ɾaˈɾa], /ɾaˈɾaʔ/ [ɾaˈɾɐʔ]
  • Rhymes: -a, -aʔ
  • Syllabification: ra‧ra

Noun

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rará or rarâ (Hanunoo spelling ᜮᜮ)

  1. red
    rara:  

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 229
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*rara”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Iban

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Verb

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rara

  1. break up a quarrel, oppose combatants
    Rara iya kasar.
    He was rough when breaking up a quarrel.
    Uji rara seduai nyin ke betalat enggaika nyau berekak lagi.
    Stop those two over there from arguing further lest they fight afterward.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Ensiring, Janang., Saleh, Robert Menua. A Comprehensive Iban-English Dictionary The Dayak Cultural Foundation. 2016.

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

Derived terms

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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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Makasar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrara/, [ˈra.ra]
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ra

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.

Noun

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rara (Lontara spelling ᨑᨑ)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) blood
    Synonym: ceraʼ (Standard)
Compounds
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀa.

Root

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rara (Lontara spelling ᨑᨑ)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Compounds
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Further reading

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  • A. A. Cense (2024), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎[2], Brill, →DOI

Māori

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrara/ [ˈɾɐɾɐ]

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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  • John C. Moorfield (2011), “rara”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →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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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

Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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rara

  1. feminine singular of raro

Etymology 2

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Onomatopoeic

Noun

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rara f (plural raras)

  1. (Chile, Ecuador, Argentina) Rufous-tailed plantcutter (Phytotoma rara)

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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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