wara

See also: Appendix:Variations of "wara"

Languages (22)

Awabakal • Balinese • Central Bikol • Chungli Ao • East Miraya Bikol • Guianese Creole • Ibaloi • Indonesian • Japanese • Javanese • Maltese • Old English • Old High German • Old Javanese • Polish • Q'eqchi • Quechua • Sundanese • Tiruray • Tok Pisin • Woi • Yoruba

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Awabakal

Noun

wara

1. four or five
2. palm of the hand

Balinese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

wara (Balinese script ᬯᬭ)

1. superior

Etymology 2

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

Noun

wara (Balinese script ᬯᬵᬭ)

1. day

Etymology 3

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

Adjective

wara (Balinese script ᬯ᭄ᬯᬭ)

1. present, available

Further reading

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

Central Bikol

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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.

Pronoun

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.

Derived terms

• magwara
• makawara
• mawara
• pagkawara
• pawara
• waraon

Chungli Ao

Noun

wara

1. disease, epidemic
   • 1967, “1 Samuel 5:6”, in Ao Naga Common Language Bible, Bible Society of India:

     Saka Ashdod nunger madak Kibuba teka sashia liasü, aser pai parnok samatsü, aser tepzünu wara agi Ashdod aser iba arrtsü madak kongshi.

     But the Lord's hands were harsh on the people of Ashdod, devastating them and inflicting an epidemic of boils on Ashdod.

Further reading

• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 65
• Clark, E. W. (1911), “WARA”, in Ao-Naga dictionary, Dimapur

East Miraya Bikol

Pronoun

wara

1. nothing; none; no one; nobody

Guianese Creole

Noun

wara

1. awara (fruit)

References

• Barthelemi, Georges (1995), Dictionnaire pratique créole guyanais - français [Practical Guianese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Cayenne: Ibis Rouge Éditions, →ISBN, page 205

Ibaloi

Alternative forms

• vara
• gwara
• guwara

Pronunciation

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

Determiner

wara

1. there is, it exist, have

   Antonyms: ayshi, enshi, andi

Adverb

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.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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.

Root

wara

1. announcement

Affixed terms

• diwara
• kepewaraan
• mewara
• pewara
• wara-wara
• wewara

Compounds

• pariwara
• sandiwara

Etymology 2

Noun

wara

1. syllabic abbreviation of wanita angkatan udara

Etymology 3

Borrowed from West Masela [Term?]

Noun

wara (plural wara-wara)

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

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Lawangan [Term?]

Noun

wara (plural wara-wara)

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

Further reading

• “wara”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

wara

1. Rōmaji transcription of わら

Javanese

Romanization

wara

1. romanization of ꦮꦫ

Maltese

Root
w-r-j
10 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic وَرَاء (warāʔ, “behind, beyond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwara/
• Rhymes: -ara

Preposition

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

Inflection

• Usual forms:

Inflected forms of wara

Personal-pronoun- including forms		singular		plural
		m	f
1st person		waraji		warajna
2nd person		warajek		warajkom
3rd person		waraju	warajha	warajhom

• Rarer alternative forms:

Inflected forms of wara

Personal-pronoun- including forms		singular		plural
		m	f
1st person		wrajja		wrajna
2nd person		wrajk		wrajkom
3rd person		wrajh	wrajha	wrajhom

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.rɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑ.rɑ

Verb

wara

1. imperative singular of warian

Old High German

Etymology 1

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

Noun

wara f

1. attention

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

wāra f

1. truth
2. agreement

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

wara

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

Proper noun

wara

1. before personal names of young men and women

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

Noun

wara

1. alternative spelling of awara (“screen”)

Derived terms

• winara

Etymology 3

Adverb

wara

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

Further reading

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

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.ra/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Kielce) IPA^(key): [ˈva.ra]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: wa‧ra

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

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

Related terms

interjection

• waruj

verb

• warować impf

Etymology 2

Clipping of warga.

Noun

wara f

1. (colloquial) augmentative of warga

Declension

Declension of wara

	singular	plural
nominative	wara	wary
genitive	wary	war
dative	warze	warom
accusative	warę	wary
instrumental	warą	warami
locative	warze	warach
vocative	waro	wary

Etymology 3

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *gъvariti

Old Polish gwarzyć

Polish gwarzyćdeverb.

Polish gwaraclip.

Polish wara

Clipping of gwara.

Noun

wara f

1. (Kielce, Opatów County) synonym of głos

Further reading

• “wara I”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “wara II”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “wara”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)
• Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “wara”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego)”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 262

Q'eqchi

Noun

wara

1. sleep

Related terms

• wark (“sleep”, verb)

Further reading

• Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998) [4]

Quechua

Noun

wara

1. pants, jeans

Declension

Declension of wara

	singular	plural
nominative	wara	warakuna
accusative	warata	warakunata
dative	waraman	warakunaman
genitive	warap	warakunap
locative	warapi	warakunapi
terminative	warakama	warakunakama
ablative	waramanta	warakunamanta
instrumental	warawan	warakunawan
comitative	warantin	warakunantin
abessive	warannaq	warakunannaq
comparative	warahina	warakunahina
causative	wararayku	warakunarayku
benefactive	warapaq	warakunapaq
associative	warapura	warakunapura
distributive	waranka	warakunanka
exclusive	waralla	warakunalla

Possessive forms of wara

ñuqap - first-person singular ñuqap (my) singular plural nominative waray waraykuna accusative warayta waraykunata dative warayman waraykunaman genitive waraypa waraykunap locative waraypi waraykunapi terminative waraykama waraykunakama ablative waraymanta waraykunamanta instrumental waraywan waraykunawan comitative waraynintin waraykunantin abessive warayninnaq waraykunannaq comparative warayhina waraykunahina causative warayrayku waraykunarayku benefactive waraypaq waraykunapaq associative waraypura waraykunapura distributive warayninka waraykunanka exclusive waraylla waraykunalla qampa - second-person singular qampa (your) singular plural nominative warayki waraykikuna accusative waraykita waraykikunata dative waraykiman waraykikunaman genitive waraykipa waraykikunap locative waraykipi waraykikunapi terminative waraykikama waraykikunakama ablative waraykimanta waraykikunamanta instrumental waraykiwan waraykikunawan comitative waraykintin waraykikunantin abessive waraykinnaq waraykikunannaq comparative waraykihina waraykikunahina causative waraykirayku waraykikunarayku benefactive waraykipaq waraykikunapaq associative waraykipura waraykikunapura distributive waraykinka waraykikunanka exclusive waraykilla waraykikunalla paypa - third-person singular paypa (his/her/its) singular plural nominative waran warankuna accusative waranta warankunata dative waranman warankunaman genitive waranpa warankunap locative waranpi warankunapi terminative warankama warankunakama ablative waranmanta warankunamanta instrumental waranwan warankunawan comitative waranintin warankunantin abessive waranninnaq warankunannaq comparative waranhina warankunahina causative waranrayku warankunarayku benefactive waranpaq warankunapaq associative waranpura warankunapura distributive waraninka warankunanka exclusive waranlla warankunalla ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) singular plural nominative waranchik waranchikkuna accusative waranchikta waranchikkunata dative waranchikman waranchikkunaman genitive waranchikpa waranchikkunap locative waranchikpi waranchikkunapi terminative waranchikkama waranchikkunakama ablative waranchikmanta waranchikkunamanta instrumental waranchikwan waranchikkunawan comitative waranchiknintin waranchikkunantin abessive waranchikninnaq waranchikkunannaq comparative waranchikhina waranchikkunahina causative waranchikrayku waranchikkunarayku benefactive waranchikpaq waranchikkunapaq associative waranchikpura waranchikkunapura distributive waranchikninka waranchikkunanka exclusive waranchiklla waranchikkunalla ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural ñuqaykup (our(excl)) singular plural nominative warayku waraykukuna accusative waraykuta waraykukunata dative waraykuman waraykukunaman genitive waraykupa waraykukunap locative waraykupi waraykukunapi terminative waraykukama waraykukunakama ablative waraykumanta waraykukunamanta instrumental waraykuwan waraykukunawan comitative waraykuntin waraykukunantin abessive waraykunnaq waraykukunannaq comparative waraykuhina waraykukunahina causative waraykurayku waraykukunarayku benefactive waraykupaq waraykukunapaq associative waraykupura waraykukunapura distributive waraykunka waraykukunanka exclusive waraykulla waraykukunalla qamkunap - second-person plural qamkunap (your(pl)) singular plural nominative waraykichik waraykichikkuna accusative waraykichikta waraykichikkunata dative waraykichikman waraykichikkunaman genitive waraykichikpa waraykichikkunap locative waraykichikpi waraykichikkunapi terminative waraykichikkama waraykichikkunakama ablative waraykichikmanta waraykichikkunamanta instrumental waraykichikwan waraykichikkunawan comitative waraykichiknintin waraykichikkunantin abessive waraykichikninnaq waraykichikkunannaq comparative waraykichikhina waraykichikkunahina causative waraykichikrayku waraykichikkunarayku benefactive waraykichikpaq waraykichikkunapaq associative waraykichikpura waraykichikkunapura distributive waraykichikninka waraykichikkunanka exclusive waraykichiklla waraykichikkunalla paykunap - third-person plural paykunap (their) singular plural nominative waranku warankukuna accusative warankuta warankukunata dative warankuman warankukunaman genitive warankupa warankukunap locative warankupi warankukunapi terminative warankukama warankukunakama ablative warankumanta warankukunamanta instrumental warankuwan warankukunawan comitative warankuntin warankukunantin abessive warankunnaq warankukunannaq comparative warankuhina warankukunahina causative warankurayku warankukunarayku benefactive warankupaq warankukunapaq associative warankupura warankukunapura distributive warankunka warankukunanka exclusive warankulla warankukunalla

Sundanese

Etymology

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

Adverb

wara (Sundanese spelling 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!

Further reading

• "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

Tiruray

Noun

wara

1. (anatomy) shoulder

Tok Pisin

FWOTD – 4 June 2014

Etymology

From English water.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwara/

Noun

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

     →New International Version translation

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

Derived terms

• haiwara
• hanwara
• kolwara
• loliwara
• muliwara
• pekpek wara
• pekpek wara wantaim blut
• raunwara
• solwara

Woi

Noun

wara

1. hand

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wà.ɾà/

Noun

wàrà

1. milk

   Synonym: mílíìkì

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

Derived terms

• wàràkàṣì (“cheese, yoghurt”)