mara
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English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Noun [edit]
mara (plural maras)
- a rodent, scientific name Dolichotis, common in the Patagonian steppes of Argentina
Translations [edit]
rodent
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Old Norse, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ, cognate with Old English mare or mære
Noun [edit]
mara (plural maras)
- (folklore) A nightmare; a spectre or wraith-like creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore; a female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.
Anagrams [edit]
Darling [edit]
Noun [edit]
mara
Dieri [edit]
Noun [edit]
mara
Finnish [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
unknown
Noun [edit]
mara
- (folklore) A demon in Finnish folklore, similar to nightmare.
Declension [edit]
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Declension of mara (type kala)
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See also [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
unknown
Noun [edit]
mara
- Mara, any member of the Dolichotis family of hare-like rodents.
Gamilaraay [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /maɻa/
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Central New South Wales *mara, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *mara.
Noun [edit]
mara
Quotations [edit]
- 1856, William Ridley, On the Kamilaroi Tribe of Australians and Their Dialect, in Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, vol. 4
- Hand . . . mārā
- Fingers . . mŭrră.
- 1856, William Ridley, gurre kamilaroi, or Kamilaroi Sayings
- immanuel murra kawāni miedul, goe, “miēdūl waria.”
- Immanuel by hand took the girl, said “damsel arise”.
- 1873, William Ridley, Australian Languages and Traditions, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 2
- Hand | murra
- 1903, R. H. Mathews, Languages of the Kamilaroi and Other Aboriginal Tribes of New South Wales, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 33
- Hand .... .... | murra
References [edit]
- Alpher, Barry. 2004. "Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma." Claire Bowern, Harold Koch (eds.) Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Austin, Peter. 1993. A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales.
Indonesian [edit]
Noun [edit]
mara
Irish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [ˈmˠaɾˠə]
Noun [edit]
mara f
Conjunction [edit]
mara
- Alternative form of mura.
Mutation [edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mara | mhara | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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Maltese [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Arabic امرأة (ʾimraʾa), Dialectal Arabic مرة (mara)
Noun [edit]
mara f (plural nisa)
Mapudungun [edit]
Noun [edit]
mara (using Raguileo Alphabet)
References [edit]
- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
Martuthunira [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /maɻa/
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Ngayarda *mara, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *mara.
Noun [edit]
mara
References [edit]
- Alpher, Barry. 2004. "Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma." Claire Bowern, Harold Koch (eds.) Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.
Nyunga [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Noun [edit]
mara
- (northern dialect) hand
Old English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Proto-Germanic *maizô.
Adjective [edit]
māra
Panyjima [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /maɻa/
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Ngayarda *mara, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *mara.
Noun [edit]
mara
- Hand.
References [edit]
- Alpher, Barry. 2004. "Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma." Claire Bowern, Harold Koch (eds.) Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Dench, Alan. 1991. ‘Panyjima’. R.M.W. Dixon, Barry J. Blake (eds.) The Handbook of Australian Languages, Volume 4. Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, 125–244.
Polish [edit]
Noun [edit]
mara f
- (literary) dream, nightmare
- (from Slavic mythology) creature drinking blood of sleeping people; wight. See: zmora
Declension [edit]
declension of mara
Scottish Gaelic [edit]
Noun [edit]
mara f
- Genitive of muir
Spanish [edit]
Noun [edit]
mara f (plural maras)
- (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico) gang
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Swedish [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Old Norse mara, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ; cognate to Old English mare or mære
Noun [edit]
mara c
- a mythological creature blamed for giving people nightmares
Declension [edit]
Declension of mara
Etymology 2 [edit]
Contraction of maraton.
Noun [edit]
mara c
- short for maratonlopp; a marathon race
Declension [edit]
Declension of mara
Wangaaybuwan-Ngiyambaa [edit]
Noun [edit]
mara
Categories:
- English nouns
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- en:Rodents
- Darling nouns
- drl:Anatomy
- Dieri nouns
- dif:Anatomy
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- fi:Mammals
- Gamilaraay nouns
- kld:Anatomy
- Indonesian nouns
- Irish noun forms
- Irish plurals
- Irish conjunctions
- Irish alternative forms
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese nouns
- Mapudungun nouns
- arn:Mammals
- Martuthunira nouns
- vma:Anatomy
- Nyunga nouns
- nys:Anatomy
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English adjectives
- Panyjima nouns
- pnw:Anatomy
- Polish nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- Scottish Gaelic noun forms
- Spanish nouns
- Salvadorian Spanish
- Guatemalan Spanish
- Honduran Spanish
- Mexican Spanish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish contractions
- Wangaaybuwan-Ngiyambaa nouns
- wyb:Anatomy
