rara

rara

See also: ra-ra and rārā

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾʌˈɾʌ/
• Hyphenation: ra‧ra

Noun

rará f 

1. packsaddle

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Asturian

Adjective

rara

1. feminine singular of raru

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Bikol Central

Noun

rara

1. toxin

Derived terms

• marara

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈra.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈra.ɾa/

Adjective

rara

1. feminine singular of rar

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. rare

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Fijian

Etymology

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

Verb

rara

1. to warm up something by fire

Derived terms

• irara
• ivakarara
• raraga
• vakarara

 

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Galician

Adjective

rara

1. feminine singular of raro

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Gilbertese

Noun

rara

1. blood

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Ilocano

Noun

rara

1. honeycomb

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Italian

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

rara

1. feminine singular of raro

Anagrams

• AA.RR., arra

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Javanese

Romanization

rara

1. Romanization of ꦫꦫ

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Kambera

Verb

rara

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

Derived terms

• parara

References

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

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Latin

Pronunciation

• rāra: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈraː.ra/, [ˈräːrä]
• rāra: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈra.ra/, [ˈräːrä]
• rārā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈraː.raː/, [ˈräːräː]
• rārā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈra.ra/, [ˈräːrä]

Adjective

rāra

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

Adjective

rārā

1. ablative feminine singular of rārus

References

• rara in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Maori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.ra/, [ɾɐ.ɾɐ]

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

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

Noun

rara

1. rib

References

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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.ɾɐ/ [ˈha.ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.ɾɐ/ [ˈha.ɾɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.ɾɐ/ [ˈχa.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.ɾa/ [ˈha.ɾa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -aɾɐ
• Hyphenation: ra‧ra

Adjective

rara

1. feminine singular of raro

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Principense

FWOTD – 28 May 2015

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrara]

Verb

rara

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

References

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

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Rapa Nui

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

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

Noun

rara

1. side

   rara mata'u ― right side

   rara maûi ― left side

References

• Rapanui-English Dictionary

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Romanian

Etymology

rar +‎ -a

Adverb

rara

1. slowly

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Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

Verb

-rárá (infinitive kurárá)

1. to sleep

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Sotho

Verb

rara

1. to be entwined

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Southern Ndebele

Verb

-rara^?

1. to surprise

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

rara

1. feminine singular of raro

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Swedish

Adjective

rara

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of rar.

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Tahitian

Etymology 1

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

Noun

rara

1. a branch

Etymology 2

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

Verb

rara

1. to scorch over or on the fire

References

• “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.

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Western Bukidnon Manobo

Etymology

Akin to Tagalog lala.

Verb

rara

1. to weave

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Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾá.ɾà/

Noun

rárà

1. A type of traditional Yoruba oral poetry and chants, or ewì

Derived terms

• rárà-ọdẹ
• rárà sísun
• ìsunrárà
• onírárà
• asunrárà

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾá.ɾá/

Particle

rárá

1. no

   Synonym: urọ́ (Ekiti)

Interjection

rárá

1. not at all!

   Synonym: ráráárá