ꦧꦫ

Javanese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔ.rɔ/
  • Rhymes: -rɔ
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ra

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese bara , bara-bara, babara, baraṅ.

Noun

ꦧꦫ (bara) (krama–ngoko)

  1. belt with decoration
  2. fish trap

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Javanese bhāra (“weight; heavy, weighty, momentous, significant; burdensome, severe, serious”), from Sanskrit भार (bhāra, “burdern; labour”).

Numeral

ꦧꦫ (bara)

  1. (krama–ngoko) hundred million (108)

Noun

ꦧꦫ (bara)

  1. (archaic) weight

Adjective

ꦧꦫ (bara)

  1. (archaic) necessary

Derived terms
  • ꦥꦶꦫꦁꦧꦫ (pirang bara)
  • ꦧꦫꦠꦤ꧀ꦧꦫ (bara tan bara)
  • ꦧꦫꦧꦫ (bara-bara)

Further reading
  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “bara”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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