lara

See also: Lara, Lára, lära, låra, and læra

Agutaynen

Etymology

from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laja

Verb

lara

  1. to start weaving the bottom of a basket
  2. to start weaving the edges of a banig mat

Albanian

Etymology

Substantivized form of larë/lanë, participle of laj.

Noun

lara pl

  1. menstruation; rinse water

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese lara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /larə/
  • Hyphenation: la‧ra

Adjective

lara (Balinese script ᬮᬭ)

  1. sick

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay lada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lajaq. Doublet of lala.

Noun

lara

  1. (obsolete) black pepper
  2. (obsolete) Capsicum; a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae
  3. (obsolete) the fruit of these plants; a chili pepper or bell pepper

Usage notes

Displaced by paminta and sili

Javanese

Romanization

lara

  1. (Indonesian) romanization of ꦭꦫ

Kapampangan

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay lada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lajaq

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɾəʔ/ [ˈläː.ɾəʔ]
  • Hyphenation: la‧ra

Noun

lárâ

  1. Capsicum; a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae
  2. the fruit of these plants; a chili pepper or bell pepper
  3. (obsolete) black pepper

Laboya

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlaːra]

Noun

lara

  1. road
  2. way
  3. path

References

  • Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “lara”, in Lamboya word list[1], Leiden: LexiRumah

Mansaka

Etymology

from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laja

Verb

lara

  1. to weave (a mat)

Masbatenyo

Etymology

from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lajaq

Noun

lara

  1. poison

Old English

Noun

lāra

  1. nominative/accusative plural of lār

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lalu (to worsen (as an illness)).

Adjective

lara

  1. ill, sick
    Synonyms: ārta, grah, lara, rogī, wyādhi
  2. sad
  3. suffering
  4. affliction, grief

Derived terms

  • alara
  • amilarani
  • apilara
  • aṅalara
  • aṅlalara
  • aṅlarani
  • aṅlare
  • kalara
  • kalara-lara
  • kalaran
  • kinalaran
  • kinalarākĕn
  • kumalara
  • linara-lara
  • linaran
  • lumare
  • paṅlara
  • pinilara

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦭꦫ (lara)
  • Balinese: ᬮᬭ (lara)
  • Malay: لارا (lara)
    • > Indonesian: lara (inherited)

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay lada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lajaq. Compare Kapampangan lara and Cebuano lara. Doublet of lala.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈlaɾaʔ/ [ˈlaː.ɾɐʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾaʔ
  • Syllabification: la‧ra

Noun

larà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜇ) (now dialectal, Southern Tagalog)

  1. chili pepper; bell pepper
    Synonym: siling lara
  2. (obsolete) black pepper

Usage notes

Largely displaced by paminta and sili

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Waray-Waray

Etymology

from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laja

Noun

lara

  1. an interlacement

Verb

lara

  1. to weave