ra

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ra"

Albanian

Etymology

Third person singular aorist of bie. More at rashë.

Verb

ra (first-person singular past tense rashë, participle rënë)

  1. he fell
  2. he struck

Borôro

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ə̆ɾaḁ/

Noun

ra

  1. bone

Chuukese

Pronoun

ra

  1. they
  2. they are

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin rēx, rēgem.

Noun

ra m

  1. king

Egyptian

Romanization

ra

  1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of rꜥ.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin rana.

Noun

ra f (plural ras)

  1. frog

Japanese

Romanization

ra

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ら
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ラ

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq (compare Hiligaynon dugo, Ilocano dara, Indonesian darah, Malay darah, Maori tuto, Nauruan ara, Rapa Nui tuto, Tagalog dugo, Tahitian tuto, West Coast Bajau darag (“red”)).

Noun

ra

  1. blood

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic رَأَى‎ (raʾā).

Verb

ra (imperfect jara, past participle muri)

  1. to see

Conjugation

Middle English

Adjective

ra

  1. Alternative form of raw

Nyunga

Noun

ra

  1. clear plain

References

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Vietnamese 𦋦 (ra), from Proto-Vietic *-saː, cognate with Tho /ʂaː¹/ and Muong tha.

Verb

ra (𦋦)

  1. to go out, to leave
  2. to go northwards in Vietnam
    vào nam, ra bắc
    to go southwards and northwards
Usage notes
  • This word is used in the way roughly the same as "out" in English phrasal verbs.
  • Sometimes the verb đi ("to go") is used for emphasis when appended to ra, forming đi ra to mean "go even further out". However, this usage may vary from dialect to dialect.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
  • cửa ra vào
  • tìm ra

Etymology 2

From French drap.

Noun

(classifier tấm) ra

  1. bed sheet

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ráː], [rǽː] (example of pronunciation)
    Rhymes: -ǽð

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hraðr.

Adjective

ra (comparative radänä, superlative radäst, neuter radt)

  1. quick
    Hä var int radt dill å få.
    It could not be obtained soon.
    Hä jär radänä sagdt än gjohdt.
    It is easier said than done.
    oradt
    not near, not at hand, not easily or quickly done
  2. straight
Derived terms
  • raberd (“(crop) harvested in a short time”)
  • radt (“easy; readily at hand”)
  • radt dill (“convenient, handy, easily and quickly enforceable”)
  • rafyri/rafuri/raförä (“convenient to travel; which can quickly be feared; on which you can quickly travel”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rǫð.

Noun

ra f (definite singular rada, plural rɑda)

  1. row, line, sequence
  • rada (“put in a row”)
  • rɑda (“control (a toboggan or sled) down a hill so that it does not overturn or swerve”)

Winnebago

Article

ra

  1. the (definite article)

Usage notes

The article follows the noun it modifies.

References

  • John E. Koontz, Winnebago, in The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia, page 317

Yapese

Verb

ra

  1. (auxiliary) will; forms the future tense
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