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-ra

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ra"

Ao

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Suffix

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-ra

  1. (Chungli) Conditional marker on verbs: if
    Synonym: -rabang

Further reading

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  • Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1975), Ao Grammar, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 53
  • Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, pages 24-25

Basque

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Alternative forms

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  • -era (after consonants)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ra/ [ra]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: -ra

Suffix

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-ra

  1. Allative singular suffix.
    ‎ibai (“river”) + ‎-ra → ‎ibaira (“to the river”)
  2. [with verbal noun] in order to

Declension

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Basque inflectional suffixes
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive -∅ -a -ak -ok
ergative -(e)k -ak -ek
dative -(r)i -ari -ei -oi
genitive -(r)en -aren -en -on
comitative -(r)ekin -arekin -ekin -okin
causative -(r)engatik -arengatik -engatik -ongatik
benefactive -(r)entzat -arentzat -entzat -ontzat
instrumental -(e)z -az -ez -oz
inessive anim -(r)engan -arengan -engan -ongan
inan -(e)tan -an -etan -otan
locative anim
―
―
―
―
inan -(e)tako -(e)ko -etako -otako
allative anim -(r)engana -arengana -engana -ongana
inan -(e)tara -(e)ra -etara -otara
terminative anim -(r)enganaino -arenganaino -enganaino -onganaino
inan -(e)taraino -(e)raino -etaraino -otaraino
directive anim -(r)enganantz -arenganantz -enganantz -onganantz
inan -(e)tarantz -(e)rantz -etarantz -otarantz
destinative anim -(r)enganako -arenganako -enganako -onganako
inan -(e)tarako -(e)rako -etarako -otarako
ablative anim -(r)engandik -arengandik -engandik -ongandik
inan -(e)tatik -(e)tik -etik -otik
partitive -(r)ik
―
―
―
prolative -tzat
―
―
―

Derived terms

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Basque terms suffixed with -ra
batera
biharrera
gora
ibairatu
noizdaino
nora
oheratu

References

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Finnish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *-ra, from Proto-Finno-Ugric [Term?].

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ra (front vowel harmony variant -rä, linguistic notation -rA)

  1. Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal stems.

Derived terms

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Finnish terms suffixed with -ra
avara
-re
häkärä
jakkara
jämerä
jäntterä
Kekarainen
kiemura
kottarainen
kuhmura
kukkura
kupera
kupura
kyttyrä
känttyrä
makkara
muhkura
mukura
myhkyrä
mykkyrä
nikara
nupura
nystyrä
näppärä
papparainen
-ura
änkyrä

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʁa/
  • Hyphenation: -ra

Suffix

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-ra

  1. third-person singular future of -re

Garo

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Suffix

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-ra

  1. used to make suggestions
    Iara?
    What about this?

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ra/-re (sublative case suffix)

  1. (of place) onto, on
    asztal (“table”) → Tedd az asztalra. ― Put it on the table.
  2. (of time) for, by
    pillanat (“moment”) → egy pillanatra ― for a moment
    szerda (“Wednesday”) → Kész lesz szerdára? ― Will it be ready by Wednesday?

Usage notes

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  • (sublative case suffix) Variants:
    -ra is added to back-vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.
    pad (“bench”) → Leültem egy padra. ― I sat down on a bench.
    alma (“apple”) → Allergiás vagyok az almára. ― I am allergic to apples.
    -re is added to front-vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.
    szék (“chair”) → Leültem egy székre. ― I sat down on a chair.
    béke (“peace”) → Mindenki békére vágyik. ― Everyone longs for peace.
Hungarian case suffixes
case back vowel
a, á, o, ó, u, ú 		front vowel
unrounded
e, é, i, í 		rounded
ö, ő, ü, ű
nominative —
accusative -t
-ot / -at -et -öt
dative -nak -nek
instrumental -val -vel
causal-final -ért
translative -vá -vé
terminative -ig
essive-formal -ként1
essive-modal -ul -ül
inessive -ban -ben
superessive -n
-on -en -ön
adessive -nál -nél
illative -ba -be
sublative -ra -re
allative -hoz -hez -höz
elative -ból -ből
delative -ról -ről
ablative -tól -től

1 Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except before -ként.
    alma — almában, but almaként
    zene ― zenében, but zeneként

See also

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Hungarian pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (see also postpositions)
case suffix who? what? this that he/she (it)1 verbal
prefix		 category
nominative – ki mi ez az ő* / -∅
az / -∅		 – –
accusative -t / -ot /
-at / -et / -öt 		kit mit ezt azt őt* / -∅
azt / -∅		 – c1
c2
dative -nak / -nek kinek minek ennek annak neki neki- category
instrumental -val / -vel kivel mivel ezzel/
evvel		 azzal/
avval		 vele category
causal-final -ért kiért miért ezért azért érte – category
translative -vá / -vé kivé mivé ezzé azzá – – category
terminative -ig – meddig eddig addig – – category
essive-formal -ként (kiként) (miként) ekként akként – – category
essive-modal -ul / -ül – – – – – – category
inessive -ban / -ben kiben miben ebben abban benne – category
superessive -n/-on/-en/-ön kin min ezen azon rajta (rajta-) category
adessive -nál / -nél kinél minél ennél annál nála – category
illative -ba / -be kibe mibe ebbe abba bele bele- category
sublative -ra / -re kire mire erre arra rá rá- category
allative -hoz/-hez/-höz kihez mihez ehhez ahhoz hozzá hozzá- category
elative -ból / -ből kiből miből ebből abból belőle – category
delative -ról / -ről kiről miről erről arról róla – category
ablative -tól / -től kitől mitől ettől attól tőle – category

1Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise.
Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All Hungarian pronouns / edit this template

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish -rad.

Suffix

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-ra m

  1. Collective suffix, attached to nouns or adjectives, used to form nouns: -ry, -y
    ‎milseog (“dessert”) + ‎-ra → ‎milseogra (“confectionery”)
    ‎glas (“green”) + ‎-ra → ‎glasra (“vegetable; originally “greenery”)

Declension

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Declension of -ra (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative -ra -raí
vocative a -ra a -raí
genitive -ra -raí
dative -ra -raí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an -ra na -raí
genitive an -ra na -raí
dative leis an -ra
don -ra 		leis na -raí

Derived terms

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Irish terms suffixed with -ra
airgeadra
ballra
cadhnra
clochra
clogra
colúnra
cranra
daonra
dúlra
eachra
gasra
glasra
gléasra
iarnra
iolra
laochra
líonra
lúbra
macra
marcra
meascra
milseogra
oileánra
réaltra
síolradh
sonra

Japanese

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Romanization

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-ra

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ら

Mayo

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Suffix

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-ra

  1. Suffix forming adjectives from nouns.
    ‎cobba (“head”) + ‎-ra → ‎cóbaꞌara (“big-headed”)

Derived terms

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Mayo terms suffixed with -ra
cóbaꞌara
quecáꞌara
tópaꞌara
yécaꞌara

References

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  • Collard, Howard; Collard, Elisabeth Scott (1984), Castellano-mayo, mayo-castellano (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 6)‎[1] (in Spanish), third edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 203

Murui Huitoto

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Etymology

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From raa (“thing”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [-ɾa]
  • Hyphenation: -ra

Classifier

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-ra

  1. Classifier for inanimate objects.

Derived terms

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Murui Huitoto terms suffixed with -ra
guira
jaɨra
jirora
kɨora

References

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  • Shirley Burtch (1983), Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[2] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 208
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017), A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[3], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 83

Old English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /rɑ/
  • Hyphenation: -ra

Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *iʀō, *-ōʀō, from Proto-Germanic *-izô or Proto-Germanic *-ōzô

Suffix

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-ra

  1. Used to form the comparative degree of adjectives
    ‎strang (“strong”) + ‎-ra → ‎strengra (“stronger”)
Declension
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Declension of -ra — Weak only
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative -ra -re -re
Accusative -ran -ran -re
Genitive -ran -ran -ran
Dative -ran -ran -ran
Instrumental -ran -ran -ran
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative -ran -ran -ran
Accusative -ran -ran -ran
Genitive -ra, -rena -ra, -rena -ra, -rena
Dative -rum -rum -rum
Instrumental -rum -rum -rum
Descendants
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  • Middle English: -ere, -er, -ore, -re
    • English: -er
    • Middle Scots: -ar, -ir

Etymology 2

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Suffix

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-ra

  1. Used to form the genitive plural of adjectives
    ‎strang (“strong”) + ‎-ra → ‎strangra (“of the strong (ones)”)

Slovak

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ra]
  • Hyphenation: -ra

Suffix

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-ra f

  1. nominal suffix

Usage notes

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  • This suffix is only used for one word: kostra, hence the genitive plural form -or, the dative plural form -ram and the locative plural form -rach are hypothetical.

Declension

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Declension of -ra
singular plural
nominative -ra -ry
genitive -ry -ier, -or
dative -re -rám, -ram
accusative -ru -ry
locative -re -rách, -rach
instrumental -rou -rami

Derived terms

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Slovak terms suffixed with -ra
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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɾa/ [ˈɾa]
  • Syllabification: -ra

Suffix

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-ra

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive
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