wara-wara

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wá.ɽá.wá.ɽá/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [wə́.ɽə́.wə́.ɽə́]

Ideophone

wara-wara

  1. spaced apart, irregularly placed

Indonesian

Etymology

Reduplication of wara, from Javanese ꦮꦫꦮꦫ (wara-wara, “public announcement, proclamation”), from Old Javanese warah-warah (“communication, information, report, instruction, teaching”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈwara ˈwara]

Noun

wara-wara (plural wara-wara)

  1. (obsolete) announcement
    Synonyms: pengumuman, pemberitahuan

Alternative forms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

wara-wara

  1. romanization of ꦮꦫꦮꦫ
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