lara
Agutaynen
Etymology
from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laja
Verb
lara
Albanian
Etymology
Substantivized form of larë/lanë, participle of laj.
Noun
lara pl
Related terms
Balinese
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Javanese lara.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /larə/
- Hyphenation: la‧ra
Adjective
lara (Balinese script ᬮᬭ)
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay lada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lajaq. Doublet of lala.
Noun
lara
- (obsolete) black pepper
- (obsolete) Capsicum; a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae
- (obsolete) the fruit of these plants; a chili pepper or bell pepper
Usage notes
Javanese
Romanization
lara
- (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
- Capsicum; a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae
- the fruit of these plants; a chili pepper or bell pepper
- (obsolete) black pepper
Laboya
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlaːra]
Noun
lara
References
- Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “lara”, in Lamboya word list[1], Leiden: LexiRumah
Mansaka
Etymology
from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laja
Verb
lara
- to weave (a mat)
Masbatenyo
Etymology
from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lajaq
Noun
lara
Old English
Noun
lāra
- nominative/accusative plural of lār
Old Javanese
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lalu (“to worsen (as an illness)”).
Adjective
lara
Derived terms
Descendants
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)
- chili pepper; bell pepper
- Synonym: siling lara
- (obsolete) black pepper
Usage notes
Largely displaced by paminta and sili
Derived terms
- laraan
- maglara
- malara
Further reading
- “lara”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 155: “Chile) Lara (pp) que pica y quema”
Anagrams
Waray-Waray
Etymology
from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laja
Noun
lara
Verb
lara
- to weave