lara
See also: Lara, Lára, lära, låra, and læra
Albanian
Etymology
Substantivized form of larë/lanë, participle of laj.
Noun
lara pl
- menstruation; rinse water
Related terms
- laj
Balinese
Romanization
lara
- Romanization of ᬮᬭ (“sick”).
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay lada.
Noun
lara
- (obsolete) Capsicum; a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae
- (obsolete) the fruit of these plants; a chili pepper or bell pepper
Usage notes
Displaced by sili.
Javanese
Romanization
lara
- Romanization of ꦭꦫ.
Kapampangan
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay lada.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: la‧ra
- IPA(key): /ˈlaɾəʔ/, [ˈläː.ɾəʔ]
Noun
lárâ
- Capsicum; a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae
- the fruit of these plants; a chili pepper or bell pepper
Laboya
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlaːra]
Noun
lara
- road
- way
- path
References
- Allahverdi Verdizade (2019), “lara”, in Lamboya word list, Leiden: LexiRumah
Mansaka
Verb
lara
- to weave (a mat)
Masbatenyo
Noun
lara
- poison
Old Javanese
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lalu (“to worsen (as an illness)”).
Adjective
lara
- ill, sick
- Synonyms: ārta, grah, rogī, wyādhi
- sad
- suffering
- affliction, grief
Derived terms
- alara
- amilarani
- apilara
- aṅalara
- aṅlalara
- aṅlarani
- aṅlare
- kalara
- kalara-lara
- kalaran
- kinalaran
- kinalarākĕn
- kumalara
- linara-lara
- linaran
- lumare
- paṅlara
- pinilara
Descendants
- Javanese: ꦭꦫ (lara)
- → Balinese: ᬮᬭ (lara)
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay lada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lajaq. Compare Kapampangan lara and Cebuano lara. Doublet of lala.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: la‧ra
- IPA(key): /ˈlaɾaʔ/, [ˈla.ɾɐʔ]
Noun
larà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜇ)
- (obsolete or dialectal, Southern Tagalog) bell pepper; chili pepper; pepper
- Synonym: siling lara
Further reading
- “lara”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 20186