bara

Etymology

Short for barazoku, from Japanese 薔薇族 (バラゾク, barazoku, literally "rose tribe"), the name of Japan's first modern gay men's magazine, named after a post-World War II term for gay men.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːɹə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbæɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɹə, -æɹə

Noun

bara (uncountable)

1. (Internet slang) A genre of homoerotic media, usually manga and often pornographic, made by gay men for gay men in Japan.
2. (Internet slang) Gay male media of a similar style and aesthetic, regardless of the creator's gender or ethnicity.
3. (Internet slang) Any homoerotic media or pornography that accentuates macho masculinity; gay porn.

Anagrams

• Abar, Abra, Arab, Baar, abra

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bargos, *barginā (“cake, bread”) (compare Welsh bara, Old Cornish bara, Old Irish bairgen f (“bread, loaf; food, plain diet”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʁa/

Noun

bara m (plural baraioù)

1. bread

Inflection

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛaːɹa/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːɹa
• Homophones: barað, bæra

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Romanization

bara

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌰

Noun

barā̀ m (feminine baranyā̀, plural barōrī, possessed form baràn)

1. servant
2. A young person who out of respect volunteers to work for someone from time to time.

Noun

bar̃ā̀ f (plural bàr̃ā̀ce-bàr̃ā̀ce, possessed form bar̃àr̃)

1. begging for alms

Noun

bā̀r̃ā f (possessed form bā̀r̃ar̃)

1. one's focus (e.g., in aiming at or attempting to catch something)

Noun

bā̀ra f (possessed form bā̀rar̃)

1. last year

Adverb

bā̀ra

1. last year

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vara/barra.

Noun

bára

1. crowbar
2. yardstick

Adverb

bara

1. only, just, if only

   Ég á bara 200 krónur.

   I only have 200 krónur.

   Bara að hann hringi í mig...

   If only he'd call me...

2. (emphatic, postpositive) only, just

   Þegiðu bara!

   Just shut up!

   Gerðu þetta bara og þegiðu!

   Just do it and shut up.

Noun

bara

1. lung

Noun

bara

1. ember

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaɾˠə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bara (“flow; intention, design”).

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish bara (“barrow”), borrowed from Old Norse barar.

Mutation

Further reading

• "bara" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “bara” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “bara” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• “1 bara” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 bara” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Lombardic bāra (“bier, litter”), from Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to carry”). Compare German Bahre (“bier, stretcher”).

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• baro, baara (basilectal Jamaican Creole)

Verb

bara

1. borrow

Romanization

bara

1. Rōmaji transcription of ばら
2. Rōmaji transcription of バラ

Numeral

bara

1. (cardinal) hundred million (10⁸)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βàɾàꜜ/

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.^[1]

Noun

bara class 9/10 (plural bara)

1. road

   Synonyms: barabara, njĩra

References

• “barabara” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 24. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Noun

bara m

1. genitive singular form of bars

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bērō, whence also Old English bēr.

Noun

bāra f

1. bier

Etymology

From Old Norse bera, bara (East Old Norse), from Proto-Germanic *bazōną.

Verb

bara

1. to bare, make bare

Etymology

Borrowed from French barrer (“to bar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈra/

Verb

a bará (third-person singular present barează, past participle barat) 1st conj.

1. to bar; to block

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâra/
• Hyphenation: ba‧ra

Noun

bȁra f (Cyrillic spelling ба̏ра)

1. puddle

References

• “bara” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology

From Arabic بَرّ‎ (barr, “mainland”).

Noun

bara (n class, plural bara)

1. mainland
2. continent

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɑːˌra]

• audio

  (file)

Adjective

bara

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of bar.

Adverb

bara

1. just, only

   Jag ska bara läsa den här sidan också.

   I'll just read this page too.

   Vi har bara en bil.

   We have only one car.

Anagrams

• arab

Noun

bara

1. definite dative singular of bar

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bargos, *barginā (“cake, bread”) (compare Breton bara, Old Cornish bara, Old Irish bairgen f (“bread, loaf; food, plain diet”)).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbara/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbaːra/, /ˈbara/

Noun

bara m (plural {{{2}}})

1. bread; loaf, slice (of bread), loaves
2. (figuratively) food, meal, sustenance, means of subsistence, livelihood

Mutation

Further reading

• “bara”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014