lara

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See also: Lara, Lára, lära, låra, and læra

Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Substantivized form of larë/lanë, participle of laj.

Noun[edit]

lara pl

  1. menstruation; rinse water

Related terms[edit]

Balinese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

lara

  1. Romanization of ᬮᬭ (“sick”).

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Malay lada.

Noun[edit]

lara

  1. (obsolete) Capsicum; a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae
  2. (obsolete) the fruit of these plants; a chili pepper or bell pepper

Usage notes[edit]

Displaced by sili.

Javanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

lara

  1. (Indonesia) Romanization of ꦭꦫ.

Kapampangan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Malay lada.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɾəʔ/, [ˈläː.ɾəʔ]
  • Hyphenation: la‧ra

Noun[edit]

lárâ

  1. Capsicum; a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae
  2. the fruit of these plants; a chili pepper or bell pepper

Laboya[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lara

  1. road
  2. way
  3. path

References[edit]

  • Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “lara”, in Lamboya word list‎[1], Leiden: LexiRumah

Mansaka[edit]

Verb[edit]

lara

  1. to weave (a mat)

Masbatenyo[edit]

Noun[edit]

lara

  1. poison

Old Javanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lalu (“to worsen (as an illness)”).

Adjective[edit]

lara

  1. ill, sick
    Synonyms: ārta, grah, rogī, wyādhi
  2. sad
  3. suffering
  4. affliction, grief

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Javanese: ꦭꦫ (lara)
  • → Balinese: ᬮᬭ (lara)

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Malay lada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lajaq. Compare Kapampangan lara and Cebuano lara. Doublet of lala.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɾaʔ/, [ˈla.ɾɐʔ]
  • Hyphenation: la‧ra

Noun[edit]

larà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜇ) (now dialectal, Southern Tagalog)

  1. bell pepper; chili pepper; pepper
    Synonym: siling lara

Further reading[edit]

  • “lara”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 20186
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