wara

wara

1. four or five
2. palm of the hand

• IPA^(key): /warə/
• Hyphenation: wa‧ra

Borrowed from Old Javanese wara (“eminent, precious, select”), from Sanskrit वर (vara, “best”).

wara (Balinese script ᬯᬭ)

1. superior

From Old Javanese wāra (“day”), from Sanskrit वार (vāra, “day”).

wara (Balinese script ᬯᬵᬭ)

1. day

From Old Javanese wwara (“to be there; to be present”).

wara (Balinese script ᬯ᭄ᬯᬭ)

1. present, available

• “wara” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

From Proto-Central Philippine *wadaq, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

• IPA^(key): /waˈɾaʔ/ [waˈɾaʔ]
• Hyphenation: wa‧ra

warâ (plural warara, Basahan spelling ᜏᜍ)

1. lost; disappeared; vanished

   Nawara sana siya.

   S/he's just disappeared.

2. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) absent

   Synonyms: mayo, awsente

   Antonym: yaon

   Wara naman siya sa klase.

   S/he's absent again in class.

warâ (plural warara, Basahan spelling ᜏᜍ)

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon, indefinite) nothing; none; no one; nobody

   Synonyms: mayo, dai

   Antonyms: igwa, may

   Wara baga ki tawo sa harong.

   There's no one in the house.

• vara
• gwara
• guwara

• IPA^(key): /waɾa/ [wɑ.ɾɑ]
• Hyphenation: wa‧ra

wara

1. there is, it exist, have

   Antonyms: ayshi, enshi, andi

wara

1. there is, it exist, have

   Antonyms: ayshi, enshi, andi

   Wara ey dugan ko.

   I have a car.

   Nu wara, ikowan mo.

   If there is, tell me.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈwara/ [ˈwa.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: wa‧ra

From Javanese ꦮꦫ (wara, “words”),

• from Old Javanese wiwarana, ultimately from Sanskrit विवरण (vivaraṇa).
• from Old Javanese warah (“communication, information, report, instruction, teaching”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bajaq.

wara

1. announcement

wara

1. syllabic abbreviation of wanita angkatan udara

Borrowed from West Masela [Term?]

wara (plural wara-wara)

1. loincloth made of woven cloth, worn when dancing traditional dances by the people of Telalora Village, Maluku

Borrowed from Lawangan [Term?]

wara (plural wara-wara)

1. words spoken in song during the death ceremony of the Dayak people

• “wara” 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.

wara

1. Rōmaji transcription of わら

wara

1. romanization of ꦮꦫ

From Arabic وَرَاء (warāʔ, “behind, beyond”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwara/

wara

1. (local) behind

   Antonym: quddiem

   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “It-Tallab”, in Fl-Arena:

     Wara l-bibien,
     fit-tul tat-toroq twal,
     batejt
     il-għeja
     il-qtigħ ta’ qalb,
     batejt fuq kollox il-mistħija;
     iżda ġarrabt ukoll
     il-ferħ u l-għaxqa
     li kull tallab iħoss
     x’ħin jasal wisq għajjien bil-ħorġa f’idu
     bil-ħobż għand ommu mġewħa.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (temporal) after

   Antonym: qabel

• Usual forms:

• Rarer alternative forms:

wara

1. nothing; none; no one; nobody

wara

1. imperative singular of warian

From Proto-West Germanic *war, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention”), whence also Old English wær.

wara f

1. attention

• Middle High German: war
  • German: *Wahr (wahrnehmen, verwahrlosen)

From Proto-Germanic *wērō (“truth”), whence also Old English wær.

wāra f

1. truth
2. agreement

• IPA^(key): /wa.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Homophone: wāra
• Hyphenation: wa‧ra

Borrowed from Sanskrit वर (vara). Compare Thai พระ (prá), Khmer ព្រះ (prĕəh).

wara

1. favour, gift
2. eminent, precious, select

wara

1. before personal names of young men and women

• Javanese: ꦮꦫ (wara, “lady”)
• → Balinese: ᬯᬭ (wara, “superior”)

wara

1. alternative spelling of awara (“screen”)

wara

1. alternative spelling of wwara (“to be there; to be present”)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: wa‧ra

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wara

1. hands off (used to firmly express a demand that one stop interfering with the development of events concerning what is being discussed)

   Synonym: ręce precz

Clipping of warga.

wara f

1. (colloquial) augmentative of warga

• wara I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wara II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wara in Polish dictionaries at PWN

wara

1. sleep

• wark (“sleep”, verb)

• Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998) [1]

wara

1. pants, jeans

According to Nothofer (1975), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada (“to be; to not be; healthy”).^[1] If so, doublet of aya.

wara (Sundanese script ᮝᮛ)

1. yet (thus far; in negative imperative use, asking for an action to be delayed.)

   Synonym: waka

   Ulah wara dibéré!

   Don't give it to him just yet!

• "wara" in Maman Sumantri, Atjep Djamaludin, Achmad Patoni, R.H. Moch. Koerdie, M.O. Koesman, Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

wara

1. (anatomy) shoulder

From English water.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwara/

wara

1. water
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:10:

     Na wanpela wara i kamap long Iden bilong givim wara long dispela gaden. Dispela wara i bruk na i kamap 4-pela han wara

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2. river, stream
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:10:

     Na wanpela wara i kamap long Iden bilong givim wara long dispela gaden. Dispela wara i bruk na i kamap 4-pela han wara

     →New International Version translation

3. flow of water
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:2:

     Tudak i karamapim bikpela wara na spirit bilong God i go i kam antap long en.

     →New International Version translation

wara

1. hand

• IPA^(key): /wà.ɾà/

wàrà

1. milk

   Synonym: mílíìkì

2. a kind of Fulani cheese, similar to cottage cheese