pria

French

Verb

pria

1. third-person singular past historic of prier

Anagrams

• pair, pari, ripa

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रिय (priya, “beloved”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *priHás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *priHás, from Proto-Indo-European *priHós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpria̯/, /pəˈria̯/
• Hyphenation: pria

Noun

pria (first-person possessive priaku, second-person possessive priamu, third-person possessive prianya)

1. man, boy

   Synonym: laki

Alternative forms

• peria (Standard Malay)

Coordinate terms

• wanita, waria

Further reading

• “pria” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin prius, with the ending influenced by Italian prima (“before”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpri.a/, [ˈpr̺iːä]
• Hyphenation: prìa

Adverb

pria

1. (archaic, literary, poetic) before, previously

   in pria ― firstly

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto I, page 14, lines 97–99:

     e ha natura sì malvagia e ria, ¶ che mai non empie la bramosa voglia, ¶ e dopo 'l pasto ha più fame che pria.

     and has a nature so malign and ruthless, ¶ that never doth she glut her greedy will, ¶ and after food is hungrier than before.

   Synonym: prima

   Antonym: dopo