rara

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rara"

Languages (31)

Afar • Asturian • Catalan • Central Bikol • Chungli Ao • Esperanto • Fijian • Galician • Gilbertese • Hanunoo • Iban • Ilocano • Italian • Javanese • Kambera • Latin • Makasar • Māori • Old Javanese • Portuguese • Principense • Rapa Nui • Romanian • Shona • Sotho • Southern Ndebele • Spanish • Swedish • Tahitian • Western Bukidnon Manobo • Yoruba

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Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈra/ [ɾʌˈɾʌ]
• Hyphenation: ra‧ra

Noun

rará f

1. packsaddle

Asturian

Adjective

rara

1. feminine singular of raru

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈra.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈra.ɾa]

Adjective

rara

1. feminine singular of rar

Central Bikol

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾaɾa/ [ˈɾa.ɾa]
• Hyphenation: ra‧ra

Noun

rára (Basahan spelling ᜍᜍ)

1. toxin

   Synonyms: hilo, hudong, lason

Derived terms

• magrara
• marara
• parara

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾaʔɾaʔ/ [ˈɾaʔ.ɾaʔ]
• Hyphenation: ra‧ra

Noun

rârâ (Basahan spelling ᜍᜍ)

1. act or manner of lapping up (to drink like an animal)

Derived terms

• magrara
• raraon

Chungli Ao

Verb

rara

1. to fight

Inflection

Inflection of rara (Chungli)

	Affirmative	Negative
Past	Simple	rara	merara
Perfect	raraogo	meraraogo
Present	Simple	rarar	merarar
Progressive	raradar raradagi	meraradar meraradagi
Future/infinitive	raratsü	meraratsü
Imperative	rarang	terara
Present participle	rara-a	merarai
Conditional	rarara rararabang	merarara merararabang

Noun

rara

1. war

Further reading

• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 62
• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 120

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrara/

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ra‧ra

Adjective

rara (accusative singular raran, plural raraj, accusative plural rarajn)

1. rare

Further reading

• “rara”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “rara”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *rara, from Proto-Oceanic *raraŋ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dadaŋ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dandaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daŋdaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *daŋdaŋ.

Verb

rara (transitive raraga) (intransitive)

1. to warm up something by the fire

   Me rara mada na drau ni vudi, de na kasere.

   Please warm the plantain leaves first before they tear up.

2. (reflexive) to warm one's body by a fire

   Era dau rara na tagane ni cagi batabata mai na ulunivanua.

   Men would warm themselves when the cold air came from the mountains.

Derived terms

• irara (“indoor fire for warming (not for cooking)”) (archaic)
• ivakarara (“bamboo frame used to prop legs by fire for warming”) (archaic)
• raraga (“to warm one's body by fire”)
• raravisa (“cutting, harsh, domineering (in behaviour)”)
• raravu (“properly hot (of earth oven stones)”)
• rarawa (“sorrow, sadness”)
• rarawataka (“to regret, to be sorry about”)
• rasarasa (“gleaming, glistening”)
• vakarara (“to warm oneself by a warming fire”)

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “rara”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, pages 203–4

Galician

Adjective

rara

1. feminine singular of raro

Gilbertese

Etymology

From Proto-Micronesian *caa, from Proto-Oceanic *draʀa(q), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.

Noun

rara

1. blood

References

• Bingham, Hiram; Sabatier, Father Ernest with Luomala, Goo, and Banner (1978–), “rara”, in Trussel, Stephen, Groves, Gordon W., compilers, A Combined Kiribati–English Online Dictionary‎^[2]

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rara (“red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾaˈɾa/ [ɾaˈɾa], /ɾaˈɾaʔ/ [ɾaˈɾɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -a, -aʔ
• Syllabification: ra‧ra

Noun

rará or rarâ (Hanunoo spelling ᜮᜮ)

1. red

   rara:  

Derived terms

• marara
• mararaon

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 229
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*rara”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Iban

Verb

rara

1. break up a quarrel, oppose combatants

   Rara iya kasar.

   He was rough when breaking up a quarrel.

   Uji rara seduai nyin ke betalat enggaika nyau berekak lagi.

   Stop those two over there from arguing further lest they fight afterward.

Derived terms

• berara
• ngerara
• pengerara
• terara

References

• Ensiring, Janang., Saleh, Robert Menua. A Comprehensive Iban-English Dictionary The Dayak Cultural Foundation. 2016.

Ilocano

Noun

rara

1. honeycomb

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.ra/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: rà‧ra

Adjective

rara

1. feminine singular of raro

Anagrams

• AA.RR., arra

Javanese

Romanization

rara

1. romanization of ꦫꦫ

Kambera

Verb

rara

1. (intransitive) to be red
2. (intransitive) to be ripe

Derived terms

• parara

References

• Marian Klamer (1998), A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 179

Latin

Pronunciation

• rāra:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈraː.ra]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈraː.ra]
• rārā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈraː.raː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈraː.ra]

Adjective

rāra

1. inflection of rārus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

rārā

1. ablative feminine singular of rārus

References

• "rara", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrara/, [ˈra.ra]
• Hyphenation: ra‧ra

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.

Noun

rara (Lontara spelling ᨑᨑ or 𑻭𑻲, definite raraya)

1. (archaic, dialectal) blood

   Synonym: ceraʼ (Standard)

Compounds

• rara ute

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀa.

Root

rara (Lontara spelling ᨑᨑ or 𑻭𑻲)

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Compounds

• anaʼ rara
• canning rara

Further reading

• A. A. Cense (2024), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎^[3], Brill, →DOI

Māori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrara/ [ˈɾɐɾɐ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *lala (“scattered, disorderly”).

Verb

rara

1. to spread out, to scatter
2. to rush in disorder, to stampede

   Ka rara ngā ika ki runga o te kaharunga.

   The fish rushed over the upper edge of the seine net.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Oceanic *rara, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahdah, from Proto-Austronesian *daSdaS (“chest”).

Noun

rara

1. rib

   Synonym: kaokao

References

• John C. Moorfield (2011), “rara”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀa (“maiden, virgin, unmarried girl”). Doublet of ḍara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Hyphenation: ra‧ra

Noun

rara

1. girl, maiden

Alternative forms

• ḍara

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦫꦫ (rara) (inherited)

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.ɾɐ/ [ˈha.ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.ɾɐ/ [ˈha.ɾɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.ɾɐ/ [ˈχa.ɾɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -aɾɐ
• Hyphenation: ra‧ra

Adjective

rara

1. feminine singular of raro

Principense

FWOTD – 28 May 2015

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrara]

Verb

rara

1. to put a leaf over a fire so it becomes more flexible

References

• “rara” in 2012, Vanessa Pinheiro de Araújo, Um Dicionário Principense-Português.

Rapa Nui

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *rara (“to grill, to roast, to heat over fire”).

Verb

rara

1. to scorch, to singe
2. to warm

   he-rara i te nua ki ruga ki te ahi mo hakapakapaka ― to warm clothing near a fire so as to dry it

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *rara (“side, to be on the side, move to the side”).

Noun

rara

1. side

   rara mata'u ― right side

   rara maûi ― left side

References

• Rapanui-English Dictionary

Romanian

Etymology

From rar +‎ -a.

Adverb

rara

1. slowly

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

Verb

-rárá (infinitive kurárá)

1. to sleep

Sotho

Verb

rara

1. to be entwined

Southern Ndebele

Verb

-rara^?

1. to surprise

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraɾa/ [ˈra.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: ra‧ra

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

rara

1. feminine singular of raro

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic

Noun

rara f (plural raras)

1. (Chile, Ecuador, Argentina) Rufous-tailed plantcutter (Phytotoma rara)

Further reading

• “rara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Adjective

rara

1. inflection of rar:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Tahitian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *raqaraqa (“branchy, having branches; small branches”).

Noun

rara

1. a branch

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *rara (“to grill, to roast, to heat over fire”).

Verb

rara

1. to scorch over or on the fire

References

• “rara” in John Davies, A Tahitian and English dictionary, with introductory remarks on the Polynesian language, and a short grammar of the Tahitian dialect: with an appendix containing a list of foreign words used in the Tahitian Bible, in commerce, etc., with the sources from whence they have been derived, 1851.

Western Bukidnon Manobo

Etymology

Akin to Tagalog lala.

Verb

rara

1. to weave

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾá.ɾà/

Noun

rárà

1. A type of traditional Yoruba oral poetry and chants, or ewì

   Synonym: alámọ̀

Derived terms

• rárà-ọdẹ
• rárà sísun
• ìsunrárà
• onírárà
• asunrárà

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾá.ɾá/

Particle

rárá

1. no

   Synonym: urọ́ (Ekiti)

Interjection

rárá

1. not at all!

   Synonym: ráráárá