pria

pria

1. third-person singular past historic of prier

• pair, pari, ripa

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रिय (priya, “beloved”). Doublet of priayi.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpria/ [ˈpri.a], /pəˈria/ [pəˈri.a]

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pri‧a

pria (plural pria-pria)

1. man, boy

   Synonym: laki

• lelaki (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

• wanita, waria

• “pria” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Latin prius, with the ending influenced by Italian prima (“before”).

• Rhymes: -ia

• IPA^(key): /ˈpri.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: prì‧a

pria

1. (archaic, literary, poetic) before, previously

   Synonym: prima

   Antonym: dopo

   in pria ― firstly

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto I, page 14, lines 97–99:

     e ha natura sì malvagia e ria, ¶ che mai non empie la bramosa voglia, ¶ e dopo 'l pasto ha più fame che pria.

     and has a nature so malign and ruthless, ¶ that never doth she glut her greedy will, ¶ and after food is hungrier than before.

• IRAP, apri, aprì, arpi, pari, pira, rapi, rapì, ripa

• IPA^(key): /priˈa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: pri‧a

pria

1. third-person singular indicative imperfect of prii