barabara
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Noun ===
barabara (plural barabaras)
Alternative form of barrabora.
== Japanese ==
=== Romanization ===
barabara
Rōmaji transcription of ばらばら
== Kikuyu ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Swahili barabara.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /βàɾàβàɾà(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a tetrasyllabic stem.
(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 ===
barabara class 9/10 (plural barabara)
road
barabara ĩno - this road
barabara ici - these roads
Synonyms: bara, njĩra
=== References ===
== Swahili ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Possibly from Arabic بَرّ (barr, “land, earth”).
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ɓɑrɑˈɓɑrɑ/
==== Noun ====
barabara class IX (plural barabara class X)
road (strip of land made suitable for travel)
Synonym: njia
===== Descendants =====
→ Kikuyu: barabara
=== Etymology 2 ===
From Persian برابر (barâbar).
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ɓɑˈrɑɓɑrɑ/
==== Adjective ====
barabara (invariable)
proper, correct, exactly right
==== Adverb ====
barabara
exactly, precisely
Kumbukumbu la Sheria 5:32, Biblia Habari Njema:
=== References ===
== Tagalog ==
=== Adjective ===
bárabára or barabará (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜊᜇ)
alternative spelling of bara-bara
== Yogad ==
=== Noun ===
bárabára
tapeworm