ra-

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Italian

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Etymology

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From a confluence of Latin re- (again) and ad- (towards).

Pronunciation

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

Prefix

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ra-

  1. used in the formation of verbs with an intensive or iterative sense
    ra- + ‎freddo (cold, cool) → ‎raffreddare (to cool down)
    ra- + ‎sereno (serene; (of weather) calm) → ‎rasserenare (to calm; (of weather) to clear up)

Usage notes

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  • It always causes gemination of an initial single consonant.

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Mohawk

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Prefix

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ra-

  1. pronominal prefix for
    He ______ it/her

Alternative forms

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- Initial consonant
Environment t/s/h/k n/r/w/’ a e/en o/on i y
Word-Initial ra- ra- r- r- r- ren- ra-

References

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  • Gunther Michelson (1973) A thousand words of Mohawk, University of Ottawa Press, page 9
  • Nora Deering, Helga H. Delisle (1976) Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, page 384

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daₐ

Prefix

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ra-

  1. oblique case marker for common nouns

Derived terms

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