pria
See also: Pria
French
Verb
pria
- third-person singular past historic of prier
Anagrams
- pair, pari, ripa
Indonesian
Etymology
From Sanskrit प्रिय (priya, “beloved”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *priHás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *priHás, from Proto-Indo-European *priHós. Doublet of priayi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpria/, [ˈpri.a]
- IPA(key): /pərˈja/, [pərˈja]
- Hyphenation: pri‧a
Noun
pria (first-person possessive priaku, second-person possessive priamu, third-person possessive prianya)
- man, boy
- Synonym: laki
Alternative forms
- peria (Standard Malay)
Coordinate terms
- wanita, waria
Further reading
- “pria” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin prius, with the ending influenced by Italian prima (“before”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpri.a/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Hyphenation: prì‧a
Adverb
pria
- (archaic, literary, poetic) before, previously
- Synonym: prima
- Antonym: dopo
- in pria ― firstly
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto I, lines 97–99, page 14:
- 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.
Anagrams
- IRAP, apri, aprì, arpi, pari, pira, rapi, rapì, ripa