lara

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

Agutaynen

Etymology

from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laja

Verb

lara

1. to start weaving the bottom of a basket
2. to start weaving the edges of a banig mat

Albanian

Etymology

Substantivized form of larë/lanë, participle of laj.

Noun

lara pl

1. menstruation; rinse water

Related terms

• laj

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese lara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /larə/
• Hyphenation: la‧ra

Adjective

lara (Balinese script ᬮᬭ)

1. sick

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay lada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lajaq. Doublet of lala.

Noun

lara

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

Usage notes

Displaced by paminta and sili

Javanese

Romanization

lara

1. (Indonesian) romanization of ꦭꦫ

Kapampangan

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay lada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lajaq

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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
3. (obsolete) black pepper

Laboya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaːra]

Noun

lara

1. road
2. way
3. path

References

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

Mansaka

Etymology

from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laja

Verb

lara

1. to weave (a mat)

Masbatenyo

Etymology

from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lajaq

Noun

lara

1. poison

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑː.rɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑː.rɑ

Noun

lāra

1. nominative/accusative plural of lār

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

Adjective

lara

1. ill, sick

   Synonyms: ārta, grah, lara, rogī, wyādhi

2. sad
3. suffering
4. affliction, grief

Derived terms

• alara
• amilarani
• apilara
• aṅalara
• aṅlalara
• aṅlarani
• aṅlare
• kalara
• kalara-lara
• kalaran
• kinalaran
• kinalarākĕn
• kumalara
• linara-lara
• linaran
• lumare
• paṅlara
• pinilara

Descendants

• Javanese: lara
• → Balinese: lara
• → Malay: lara
  • > Indonesian: lara (inherited)

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɾaʔ/ [ˈlaː.ɾɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -aɾaʔ
• Syllabification: la‧ra

Noun

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

1. chili pepper; bell pepper

   Synonym: siling lara

2. (obsolete) black pepper

Usage notes

Largely displaced by paminta and sili

Derived terms

• laraan
• maglara
• malara

Further reading

• “lara”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[2] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[3] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 155: “Chile) Lara (pp) que pica y quema”

Anagrams

• aral

Waray-Waray

Etymology

from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laja

Noun

lara

1. an interlacement

Verb

lara

1. to weave