ราดารา

Urak Lawoi'

Etymology

Partial reduplication of ดารา (dara), from Proto-Malayic *dara, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀa (“maiden, virgin, unmarried woman”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /radara/, [radaˈra]

Noun

ราดารา (radara)

  1. virgin
  2. (นีบีนี~) young woman
  3. (นานะ~) unmarried daughter

Further reading

  • Hogan, David W. (1988) Urak Lawoi': Basic Structures And Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-109)‎[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 145
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