wara

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See also: wara', waṟa, waɽa, wára, wārā, and wårå

Awabakal

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Noun

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wara

  1. four or five
  2. palm of the hand

Balinese

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Romanization

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wara

  1. Romanization of ᬯᬭ
  2. Romanization of ᬯᬵᬭ
  3. Romanization of ᬯ᭄ᬯᬭ

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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From Proto-Central Philippine *wadaq, from Proto-Philippine *wada (to be, exist), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /waˈɾaʔ/ [waˈɾaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: wa‧ra

Adjective

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warâ (plural warara, Basahan spelling ᜏᜍ)

  1. lost; disappeared; vanished
    Nawara sana siya.
    S/he's just disappeared.
  2. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) absent
    Synonyms: mayo, awsente
    Antonym: yaon
    Wara naman siya sa klase.
    S/he's absent again in class.

Pronoun

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warâ (plural warara, Basahan spelling ᜏᜍ)

  1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon, indefinite) nothing; none; no one; nobody
    Synonyms: mayo, dai
    Antonyms: igwa, may
    Wara baga ki tawo sa harong.
    There's no one in the house.

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Javanese ꦮꦫ (wara, words),

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈwara]
  • Hyphenation: wa‧ra

Root

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wara

  1. announcement

Affixed terms

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Compounds

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Further reading

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Japanese

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Romanization

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wara

  1. Rōmaji transcription of わら

Javanese

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Romanization

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wara

  1. Romanization of ꦮꦫ.

Maltese

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Root
w-r-j
10 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic وَرَاء (warāʔ, behind, beyond).

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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wara

  1. (local) behind
    Antonym: quddiem
    • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “It-Tallab”, in Fl-Arena:
      Wara l-bibien,
      fit-tul tat-toroq twal,
      batejt
      il-għeja
      il-qtigħ ta’ qalb,
      batejt fuq kollox il-mistħija;
      iżda ġarrabt ukoll
      il-ferħ u l-għaxqa
      li kull tallab iħoss
      x’ħin jasal wisq għajjien bil-ħorġa f’idu
      bil-ħobż għand ommu mġewħa.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (temporal) after
    Antonym: qabel

Inflection

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  • Usual forms:
Inflected forms of wara
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person waraji warajna
2nd person warajek warajkom
3rd person waraju warajha warajhom
  • Rarer alternative forms:
Inflected forms of wara
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person wrajja wrajna
2nd person wrajk wrajkom
3rd person wrajh wrajha wrajhom

Old English

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Verb

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wara

  1. imperative singular of warian

Old High German

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *war, from Proto-Germanic *warō (attention), whence also Old English wær.

Noun

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wara f

  1. attention
Descendants
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  • Middle High German: war

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *wērō (truth), whence also Old English wær.

Noun

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wāra f

  1. truth
  2. agreement

Old Javanese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Sanskrit वर (vara). Compare Thai พระ (prá), Khmer ព្រះ (prĕəh).

Noun

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wara

  1. favour, gift
  2. eminent, precious, select

Proper noun

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wara

  1. before personal names of young men and women

Descendants

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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wara

  1. Alternative spelling of awara (screen)
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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Adverb

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wara

  1. Alternative spelling of wwara (to be there; to be present)

Further reading

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  • "wara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈva.ra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: wa‧ra

Etymology 1

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

Interjection

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wara

  1. hands off (used to firmly express a demand that one stop interfering with the development of events concerning what is being discussed)
    Synonym: ręce precz
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interjection
verb

Etymology 2

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Clipping of warga.

Noun

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wara f

  1. (colloquial) Augmentative of warga
Declension
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Further reading

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  • wara I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wara II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wara in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Q'eqchi

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Noun

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wara

  1. sleep
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  • wark (sleep, verb)

Further reading

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  • Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998) [1]

Quechua

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Noun

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wara

  1. pants, jeans

Declension

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Tiruray

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Noun

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wara

  1. (anatomy) shoulder

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English water.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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wara

  1. water
  2. river, stream
  3. flow of water

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Woi

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Noun

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wara

  1. hand

Yoruba

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Noun

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wàrà

  1. milk
    Synonym: mílíìkì
  2. a kind of Fulani cheese, similar to cottage cheese

Derived terms

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