bara

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɑː.ɹə/, /ˈbæ.ɹə/ Rhymes: -ɑːɹə, -æɹə === Etymology 1 === Short for barazoku, from Japanese 薔薇族 (barazoku, literally “rose tribe”), referencing the gay men's magazine Barazoku, which was the first of its kind published in Japan, itself named after a post-World War II term for gay men. ==== Noun ==== bara (uncountable) (Japanese fiction, strictly) A genre of homoerotic media, usually also pornographic, typically created by gay men and targeted at gay men in Japan. (loosely) A genre of homoerotic or pornographic media of a similar style and aesthetic, regardless of the creator's gender or ethnicity. (loosely) Any homoerotic or pornographic media that accentuates macho masculinity; gay porn. ===== Usage notes ===== The term barazoku was once relatively more common in the Japanese gay community (the magazine Barazoku starting publication in 1971), but it has become dated and replaced by other terms such as ガチムチ (gachimuchi). The term bara often contrasts with yaoi, which is gay male media usually made by heterosexual women to appeal to other heterosexual women. Whereas bara typically emphasizes masculine homoeroticism and frank explicit sexual situations, yaoi typically emphasizes the androgynous bishonen aesthetic and depicts emotional romantic relationships. ==== Adjective ==== bara (uncountable) Of or related to media in the bara genre. === Etymology 2 === Clipping of capybara. ==== Noun ==== bara (plural baras) (informal) A capybara. === Anagrams === Raab, arab, ABAR, Abra, abra, abar, Abar, arba, Arab, Baar, raab == Afar == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /baˈra/ [bʌˈɾʌ] Hyphenation: ba‧ra ==== Noun ==== bará f sake ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbara/ [ˈbʌɾʌ] Hyphenation: ba‧ra ==== Noun ==== bára predicative of bár === References === E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 68 Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis) == Breton == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *bargos, *barginā (“cake, bread”) (compare Welsh bara, Cornish bara, Old Irish bairgen f (“bread, loaf; food, plain diet”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“spike, prickle”) (Old Norse barr (“corn, grain, barley”), Latin far (“spelt”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɑː.ra/ === Noun === bara m (plural baraioù) bread ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === == Cebuano == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ba‧ra === Noun === bara a yard; a unit of length equal to 3 feet == Dutch == === Etymology === From Caribbean Hindustani bára, possibly from Hindi बड़ा (baṛā). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbaː.raː/ Hyphenation: ba‧ra === Noun === bara m (plural bara's, no diminutive) (originally Suriname) vada (a savoury doughnut made of mung bean flour) === Further reading === Bara (snack) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl == Faroese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɛaːɹa/ Rhymes: -ɛaːɹa Homophones: barað, bæra === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== bara (third person singular past indicative baraði, third person plural past indicative baraðu, supine barað) (reflexive) constrain (oneself) ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Adverb ==== bara just, simply I wish if only ===== Synonyms ===== (I wish): gævi == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.ʁa/ === Noun === bara m (uncountable) (Ivory Coast slang) work, labour === Verb === bara (Ivory Coast slang) to work, to labour == Gullah == === Alternative forms === 'bara, bala, 'bala === Etymology === From Mende 'bala. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɑ.la/, /bɑ.ɹɑ/ === Noun === bara xylophone === References === Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969) == Hausa == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bá.ɽàː/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bə́.ɽàː] ==== Noun ==== barā̀ m (feminine baranyā̀, plural barōrī, possessed form baràn) servant A young person who out of respect volunteers to work for someone from time to time. === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bá.ràː/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bə́.ràː] ==== Noun ==== bar̃ā̀ f (plural bàr̃ā̀ce-bàr̃ā̀ce, possessed form bar̃àr̃) A beggar for alms === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bàː.ráː/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bàː.ráː] ==== Noun ==== bā̀r̃ā f (possessed form bā̀r̃ar̃) one's focus (e.g., in aiming at or attempting to catch something) === Etymology 4 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bàː.ɽá/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bàː.ɽə́] ==== Noun ==== bā̀ra f (possessed form bā̀rar̃) last year ==== Adverb ==== bā̀ra last year == Hiligaynon == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish vara/barra. === Noun === bára crowbar yardstick == Iban == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayic *bara(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah. === Noun === bara embers, glowing coal === References === Scott, N. C. (1956), A Dictionary of Sea Dayak‎[3], School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London == Ibatan == === Etymology === From Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq. === Noun === bara (anatomy) lung == Icelandic == === Etymology === Borrowed from Danish bare (“barely, only”). First attested in the 18th c.. Compare Swedish bara. === Adverb === bara only, just, if only (emphatic, postpositive) only, just Synonym: barasta ==== Derived terms ==== af því bara, aþþí bara, af því barasta (“just because”) === References === == Ilocano == === Etymology === From Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq. === Noun === bara lung == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbara/ [ˈba.ra] Rhymes: -ara Syllabification: ba‧ra === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Malay bara, from Proto-Malayic *bara(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah, from Proto-Austronesian *baʀah. ==== Noun ==== bara (plural bara-bara) embers, cinder ===== Hyponyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Toba Batak [Term?] ==== Noun ==== bara (plural bara-bara) under the house used as a livestock pen === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Ma'anyan [Term?] ==== Noun ==== bara (plural bara-bara) poultry cages made of bamboo or wood in a rectangular shape === Etymology 4 === Borrowed from Sangir [Term?] ==== Noun ==== bara (plural bara-bara) a traditional sword from Sangihe, North Sulawesi, one side is sharp and the other side is curved, about 55 cm long, the hilt is made of wood or buffalo horn, used for hunting and war === Etymology 5 === Borrowed from Bekati' [Term?] ==== Noun ==== bara (plural bara-bara) lemang cooked without being wrapped in banana leaves, usually used for healing rituals === Further reading === “bara”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Iraqw == === Adverb === bara if, when === References === Mous, Maarten; Qorro, Martha; Kießling, Roland (2002), Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 11 == Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbˠaɾˠə/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish bara (“flow; intention, design”). Probably related to Middle Irish baramail (“opinion, expectation”). ==== Noun ==== bara f (genitive singular bara, nominative plural baraí) inclination, intention === Etymology 2 === From Middle Irish bara (“barrow”), borrowed from Old Norse barar. ==== Noun ==== bara m (genitive singular bara, nominative plural baraí) barrow, cart ===== Derived terms ===== === Declension === === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bara”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bara”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 bara”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “bara”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “bara”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈba.ra/ Rhymes: -ara Hyphenation: bà‧ra === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Lombardic bāra (“bier, litter”), from Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to carry”). Compare German Bahre (“bier, stretcher”). ==== Noun ==== bara f (plural bare) bier (litter to transport the corpse of a dead person) coffin (box in which a person is buried) Synonym: (regional) tabuto (obsolete) litter, stretcher Synonyms: barella, lettiga (religion) a carriage used to transport a saint's relics an animal-drawn carriage typical of Tuscany and Liguria ===== Derived terms ===== barella === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== bara inflection of barare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === bara in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === raba == Jamaican Creole == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɑːra/ Hyphenation: ba‧ra === Verb === bara alternative form of borrow == Japanese == === Romanization === bara Rōmaji transcription of ばら Rōmaji transcription of バラ == Javanese == === Romanization === bara romanization of ꦧꦫ == Khalaj == === Alternative forms === barasıça === Etymology === Borrowed from Persian برا (barâ). === Pronunciation === (Xarrâbî) IPA(key): [baɾa] === Postposition === bara because of, for Synonyms: bərâyı, sârı in regard to, in respect of === References === Doerfer, Gerhard (1980), Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó == Khoekhoe == === Etymology === Possibly from an extinct South Cushitic language. Compare with Iraqw balaangwe. === Noun === bara ? (dual, plural) (cape khoe) grain, sorghum, millet, bread === References === Words of apparent Arabic and CUSHITIC origin in Khoekhoe and Kalahari KHOE languages of southern Africa: how did they get there, and what are the implications?‎[4], 2023 == Kikuyu == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /βàɾà(ꜜ)/ As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on. (Kiambu) (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on. === Noun === bara class 9/10 (plural bara) road Synonyms: barabara, njĩra === References === “barabara” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 24. Oxford: Clarendon Press. == Laboya == === Preposition === bara nearby, at, close === References === Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “bara”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 8 == Latvian == === Noun === bara m genitive singular of bars == Malay == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayic *bara(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah, from Proto-Austronesian *baʀah. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbara/ [ˈba.ra] (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /barə/ (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /bara/ Rhymes: -arə, -rə, -ə Rhymes: -a === Noun === bara (Jawi spelling بارا, plural bara-bara or bara2) embers, live coal ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Indonesian: bara === References === “bara”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN "bara" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Mansaka == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bajaq, compare Old Javanese warah. === Verb === bara to warn == Maranao == === Noun === bara crowbar == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɑ.rɑ/ Rhymes: -ara === Adjective === bara inflection of bær: strong nominative/accusative feminine plural weak nominative masculine singular == Old High German == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *bāru, from Proto-Germanic *bērō, whence also Old English bēr. === Noun === bāra f bier ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: bāre German: Bahre → Italian: bara ⇒ Italian: barella == Old Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse bera, bara (East Old Norse), from Proto-Germanic *bazōną. === Verb === bara to bare, make bare ==== Conjugation ==== == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French barrer (“to bar”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈra/ === Verb === a bara (third-person singular present barează, past participle barat) 1st conjugation to bar, to block Synonym: bloca to strike through ==== Conjugation ==== == Rwanda-Rundi == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *-bàda. === Verb === -bara (infinitive kubara, perfective -baze) to count, calculate == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bara. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bâra/ Hyphenation: ba‧ra ==== Noun ==== bȁra f (Cyrillic spelling ба̏ра, relational adjective bȁrskī) puddle marsh, swamp ===== Declension ===== ==== Further reading ==== “bara”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== bara (Cyrillic spelling бара) genitive singular of bȃr == Shona == === Etymology === From Portuguese bala. === Noun === bará class 5 (plural mapará class 6) bullet == Swahili == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic بَرّ (barr, “mainland”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === bara class V or IX (plural mabara class VI or bara class X) mainland continent Synonym: kontinenti === See also === == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish bara, from Old Norse *bara (“barely, only”), from *barr, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“bare”). Compare Icelandic bara. === Pronunciation === (Sweden) IPA(key): /²bɑːra/ (colloquial, unstressed) IPA(key): /ba/ (Finland) IPA(key): /bɑrɑ/ Rhymes: -²ɑːra === Adjective === bara inflection of bar: definite singular plural === Adverb === bara (not comparable) just, only Synonyms: blott, enbart, endast, enkom, uteslutande ==== Alternative forms ==== ba (colloquial) === References === bara in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker Lövestam, Sara (2023), “Bara är inte alltid så bara”, in Språktidningen‎[5] (in Swedish), number 4, Vetenskapsmedia, →ISSN, retrieved 30 August 2024 === Anagrams === arab, arab. == Tagalog == === Etymology 1 === Either of the following: Borrowed from Spanish barrar (“to mud”). Borrowed from Spanish varar (“to strand”), possibly from Late Latin varare. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈɾa/ [bɐˈɾa] Rhymes: -a Syllabification: ba‧ra ==== Noun ==== bará (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇ) clog; blockage; stoppage; obstruction Synonyms: pasak, sumpal, siksik (colloquial) deliberate interruption of someone else's speech with a rude remark ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== barado === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Spanish vara, from Old Spanish vara, from Latin vāra (“fork”). Possible doublet of baras. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbaɾa/ [ˈbaː.ɾɐ] Rhymes: -aɾa Syllabification: ba‧ra ==== Noun ==== bara (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇ) unit of length measuring about 33 inches measuring stick or tape measure of such a length ===== See also ===== === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Spanish barra, from Vulgar Latin *barra, of uncertain origin. Doublet of bar. Possible doublet of baras. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbaɾa/ [ˈbaː.ɾɐ] Rhymes: -aɾa Syllabification: ba‧ra ==== Noun ==== bara (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇ) shaft; lever; beam (of a balance) Synonyms: pingga, braso, baras === Anagrams === Abra, abra == Tashelhit == === Etymology === Possibly related to Tuareg ìhraw (“to be spacious, to be wide”), Awjila vùrǝk (“to be broad, wide”), Kabyle abaraw (“wide”), Tarifit miriw (“wide”), and Tachawit yiraw (“to be wide”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bara/ === Verb === bara (intensive aorist ttbara, Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴰⵔⴰ, Arabic spelling بارا) to be wide open اوفيغ تاڭّورت تبارا. ― ufiġ taggurt tbara. ― i found the door wide open. ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === === References === Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 591b == Ternate == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈba.ɾa] === Noun === bara carbuncle === References === Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh == Tooro == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-bàda. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /βâɾa/ === Verb === -bara (infinitive okubara) (transitive) to count ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verbal derivations: Applicative: -barra Short causative: -baza Passive: -barwa Nominal derivations: ekibaro (“calculation, mathematics”) === References === Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[6], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 344 Rubongoya, L. T. (2013), Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎[7], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 15 == Turkish == === Noun === bara dative singular of bar == Welsh == === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbara/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈba(ː)ra/ Rhymes: -ara === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle Welsh bara, Proto-Celtic *bargos, *barginā (“cake, bread”) (compare Breton bara, Cornish bara, Old Irish bairgen f (“bread, loaf; food, plain diet”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“spike, prickle”) (Old Norse barr (“corn, grain, barley”), Latin far (“spelt”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno). ==== Noun ==== bara m (uncountable) bread (figuratively) food, meal, sustenance (figuratively) means of subsistence, livelihood ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== torth (“loaf”) ==== Mutation ==== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== bara soft mutation of para ==== Mutation ==== === Further reading === D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “bara”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*barag(en)o/ā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 56 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “bara”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies