bara

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English

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Etymology

Short for barazoku, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese 薔薇族 (barazoku, literally “rose tribe”), the name of Japan's first modern gay men's magazine, named after a post-World War II term for gay men.

Pronunciation

Noun

bara (uncountable)

  1. (Internet slang) A genre of homoerotic media, usually manga and often pornographic, made by gay men for gay men in Japan.
  2. (Internet slang) Gay male media of a similar style and aesthetic, regardless of the creator's gender or ethnicity.
  3. (Internet slang) Any homoerotic media or pornography that accentuates macho masculinity; gay porn.

Usage notes

Anagrams

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bargos, *barginā (“cake, bread”) (compare Welsh bara, Old Cornish bara, Old Irish bairgen f (“bread, loaf; food, plain diet”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰars- (“spike, prickle”) (Old Norse barr (“corn, grain, barley”), Latin far (“spelt”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

bara m (plural baraioù)

  1. bread

Inflection

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  Mutation of bara  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular bara vara unchanged para
plural baraioù varaioù unchanged paraioù

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bara”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 17

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧ra

Noun

bara

  1. a yard; a unit of length equal to 3 feet

Faroese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

bara (third person singular past indicative baraði, third person plural past indicative baraðu, supine barað)

  1. (reflexive) constrain (oneself)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bara (group v-30)
infinitive bara
supine barað
participle (a6)1 barandi baraður
present past
first singular bari baraði
second singular barar baraði
third singular barar baraði
plural bara baraðu
imperative
singular bara!
plural barið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Etymology 2

Adverb

bara

  1. just, simply
  2. I wish
  3. if only
Synonyms

French

Pronunciation

Noun

bara m (uncountable)

  1. (Ivory Coast slang) work, labour
    • 2019 April 1, La rappeuse NASH, “La rappeuse NASH nommée ambassadrice nationale UNICEF”, in A UNICEF press release, spread by Ivorian.net, Fratmat, Allafrica, Afrique Femme, Abidjan TV, Ivoire Soir, Africa Hot News:
      Ma science pour les gopios, c’est de : couman fah-fah avec eux, prendre dra de leur melanhement, de leur miria, djaouli ceux qui veulent fraya au souklou, ou avoir un bara djidji par rapport à un graya général demso, decrou un bon soutrali par rapport à les bognan et leur gué un nouveau douahou et mettre mon fangan au-devant pour leurs wés.
      My science for the children is: to do some plain talk with them, discover their troubles, their concerns, to make provisions for those who want to go to school, or to have some real work in relation to a general sustenance, to render some good help in relation to their problems and give them a new chance, and to apply my power for their dreams.

Verb

bara

  1. (Ivory Coast slang) to work, to labour

Hausa

Noun

barā̀ m (feminine baranyā̀, plural barōrī, possessed form baràn)

  1. servant
  2. A young person who out of respect volunteers to work for someone from time to time.

Noun

bar̃ā̀ f (plural bàr̃ā̀ce-bàr̃ā̀ce, possessed form bar̃àr̃)

  1. begging for alms

Noun

bā̀r̃ā f (possessed form bā̀r̃ar̃)

  1. one's focus (e.g., in aiming at or attempting to catch something)

Noun

bā̀ra f (possessed form bā̀rar̃)

  1. last year

Adverb

bā̀ra

  1. last year

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vara/barra.

Noun

bára

  1. crowbar
  2. yardstick

Ibatan

Noun

bara

  1. (anatomy) lung

Icelandic

Adverb

bara

  1. only, just, if only
    Ég á bara 200 krónur.
    I only have 200 krónur.
    Bara að hann hringi í mig...
    If only he'd call me...
  2. (emphatic, postpositive) only, just
    Þegiðu bara!
    Just shut up!
    Gerðu þetta bara og þegiðu!
    Just do it and shut up.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Ilocano

Noun

bara

  1. lung

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bara.

Noun

bara (first-person possessive baraku, second-person possessive baramu, third-person possessive baranya)

  1. ember

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bara (“flow; intention, design”).

Noun

bara f (genitive singular bara, nominative plural baraí)

  1. inclination, intention

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish bara (“barrow”), borrowed from Old Norse barar.

Noun

bara m (genitive singular bara, nominative plural baraí)

  1. barrow, cart
Derived terms

Declension

Declension of bara

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bara baraí
Vocative a bhara a bharaí
Genitive bara baraí
Dative bara baraí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bara na baraí
Genitive an bhara na mbaraí
Dative leis an mbara

don bhara

leis na baraí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bara bhara mbara
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.ra/
  • Hyphenation: bà‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Lombardic bāra (“bier, litter”), from Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to carry”). Compare German Bahre (“bier, stretcher”).

Noun

bara f (plural bare)

  1. bier (litter to transport the corpse of a dead person)
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XI, pages 208–209, lines 112–117:
      a’ frati suoi, sì com’a giuste rede, ¶ raccomandò la donna sua più cara, ¶ e comandò che l’amassero a fede; ¶ e del suo grembo l’anima preclara ¶ mover si volle, tornando al suo regno, ¶ e al suo corpo non volle altra bara.
      Unto his friars, as to the rightful heirs, his most dear Lady [Poverty] did he [St. Francis] recommend, and bade that they should love her faithfully; and from her bosom the illustrious soul wished to depart, returning to its realm, and for its body wished no other bier.
  2. coffin (box in which a person is buried)
    Il cadavere fu deposto nella bara.
    The body was placed in the coffin.
  3. (obsolete) litter, stretcher
    Synonyms: barella, lettiga
  4. (religion) A carriage used to transport a saint's relics.
  5. An animal-drawn carriage typical of Tuscany and Liguria.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bara

  1. inflection of barare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  • bara in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

Verb

bara

  1. borrow

Japanese

Romanization

bara

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ばら
  2. Rōmaji transcription of バラ

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan ꦧꦫ
Roman bara

Etymology

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

Numeral

bara

  1. hundred million (108)

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

bara class 9/10 (plural bara)

  1. road
    Synonyms: barabara, njĩra

References

  • “barabara” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 24. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  1. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.

Laboya

Preposition

bara

  1. nearby, at, close

References

  • Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “bara”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 8

Latvian

Noun

bara m

  1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular form of bars

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baRah, from Proto-Austronesian *baRah. Cognate with Papora balah (“charcoal”), Tagalog baga (“ember”), Bolinao baya, Manggarai wara, Palauan bas.

Noun

bara (plural bara-bara, informal 1st possessive baraku, 2nd possessive baramu, 3rd possessive baranya)

  1. ember

Old High German

Etymology

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(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Germanic *bērō, whence also Old English bēr.

Noun

bāra f

  1. bier

Descendants

  • Middle High German: bāre
  • → Italian: bara

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bera, bara (East Old Norse), from Proto-Germanic *bazōną.

Verb

bara

  1. to bare, make bare

Conjugation

Conjugation of bara (weak)
present past
infinitive bara —
participle barandi, -e baraþer
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk barar bari, -e — baraþi, -e baraþi, -e
þū barar bari, -e bara baraþi, -e baraþi, -e
han barar bari, -e — baraþi, -e baraþi, -e
vīr barum, -om barum, -om barum, -om baraþum, -om baraþum, -om
īr barin barin barin baraþin baraþin
þēr bara barin — baraþu, -o baraþin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk baras baris, -es — baraþis, -es baraþis, -es
þū baras baris, -es — baraþis, -es baraþis, -es
han baras baris, -es — baraþis, -es baraþis, -es
vīr barums, -oms barums, -oms — baraþums, -oms baraþums, -oms
īr barins barins — baraþins baraþins
þēr baras barins — baraþus, -os baraþins

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French barrer (“to bar”).

Pronunciation

Verb

a bará (third-person singular present barează, past participle barat) 1st conj.

  1. to bar; to block

Conjugation

    conjugation of bara (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a bara
gerund barând
past participle barat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present barez barezi barează barăm barați barează
imperfect baram barai bara baram barați barau
simple perfect barai barași bară bararăm bararăți barară
pluperfect barasem baraseși barase baraserăm baraserăți baraseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să barez să barezi să bareze să barăm să barați să bareze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative barează barați
negative nu bara nu barați

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bâra/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ra

Noun

bȁra f (Cyrillic spelling ба̏ра)

  1. puddle

Declension

Declension of bara
singular plural
nominative bȁra bare
genitive bare bȃrā
dative bari barama
accusative baru bare
vocative baro bare
locative bari barama
instrumental barom barama

References

  • “bara” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Noun

bara (Cyrillic spelling бара)

  1. genitive singular of bȃr

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic بَرّ (barr, “mainland”).

Noun

bara (n class, plural bara) or bara (ma class, plural mabara)

  1. mainland
  2. continent
    Synonym: kontinenti

See also

(continents) mabara; Afrika (“Africa”), Amerika (“America”), Antaktika (“Antarctica”) or Antaktiki, Asia (“Asia”), Ulaya (“Europe”) or Uropa, Amerika ya Kaskazini (“North America”), Australia (“Oceania”), Amerika ya Kusini (“South America”) (Category: sw:Continents) [edit]

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • ba (colloquial)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɑːˌra]
  • audio:(file)

Adjective

bara

  1. (deprecated template usage) inflection of bar:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Adverb

bara

  1. just, only
    Jag ska bara läsa den här sidan också.
    I'll just read this page too.
    Vi har bara en bil.
    We have only one car.

Synonyms

Anagrams

Turkish

Noun

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  1. definite dative singular of bar

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bargos, *barginā (“cake, bread”) (compare Breton bara, Old Cornish bara, Old Irish bairgen f (“bread, loaf; food, plain diet”)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

bara m (plural bara)

  1. bread; loaf, slice (of bread), loaves
  2. (figuratively) food, meal, sustenance, means of subsistence, livelihood

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bara fara mara unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bara”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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