wara-wara
Hausa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wá.ɽá.wá.ɽá/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [wə́.ɽə́.wə́.ɽə́]
Ideophone
wara-wara
- spaced apart, irregularly placed
Indonesian
Etymology
Reduplication of wara, from Javanese ꦮꦫꦮꦫ (wara-wara, “public announcement, proclamation”), from Old Javanese warah-warah (“communication, information, report, instruction, teaching”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈwara ˈwara]
Noun
wara-wara (first-person possessive wara-waraku, second-person possessive wara-waramu, third-person possessive wara-waranya)
- (obsolete) announcement
- Synonyms: pengumuman, pemberitahuan
Alternative forms
- wewara
Further reading
- “wara-wara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.