barabara

barabara (plural barabaras)

1. Alternative form of barrabora.

barabara

1. Rōmaji transcription of ばらばら

Borrowed from Swahili barabara.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /βàɾàβàɾà(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a tetrasyllabic stem.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.^[2]

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barabara class 9/10 (plural barabara)

1. road^[3]

   ĩno - this road

   ici - these roads

   Synonyms: bara, njĩra

Possibly from Arabic بَرّ (barr, “land, earth”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɓɑrɑˈɓɑrɑ/

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barabara class IX (plural barabara class X)

1. road (strip of land made suitable for travel)

   Synonym: njia

   maisha ni barabara ndefu

   life is a long road

   • 2019 July 30, “Erick Kabendera: Polisi wa Tanzania wanasema walimkamata mwandishi huyo [Erick Kabendera: Police in Tanzania say they have arrested the reporter]”, in BBC Swahili‎^[1]:

     Baada ya siku tisa Mo kama anavyojulikana nchini humo, alitupwa nje ya uwanja wa Gymkana katika barabara ya Ocean Road eneo linalolindwa sana kwa kuwa barabara hiyo inelekea ikulu ya rais nchini Tanzania.

     After nine days Mo, as he [Mohammed Dewji] is known in the country, was thrown out of the Gymkana Stadium on the road Ocean Road in an area that is well protected, as the road leads to the presidential palace in Tanzania.

• → Kikuyu: barabara

From Persian برابر (barâbar).

• IPA^(key): /ɓɑˈrɑɓɑrɑ/

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barabara (invariable)

1. proper, correct, exactly right

barabara

1. exactly, precisely
   • Kumbukumbu la Sheria 5:32, Biblia Habari Njema:

     Nyinyi muwe waangalifu mkafanye kama Mwenyezi-Mungu alivyowaamuru; tekelezeni kila kitu barabara.

     Be careful to do as the Lord has commanded; implement everything precisely.

bárabára or barabará (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜊᜇ)

1. alternative spelling of bara-bara

bárabára

1. tapeworm