pagara

pagara

1. inflection of pagar:
   1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative
   2. first/third-person singular imperfect preterite subjunctive

pa- +‎ gara

• Hyphenation: pa‧ga‧ra

pagara

1. to draw or garner attention in an excessive and inappropriate manner; to show off

   Synonyms: pagarpar, pasikat, patagad

2. to act up

From Sranan Tongo pagara, from Kari'na pagala. Doublet of pagaal.

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pagara m (plural pagara's, diminutive pagaraatje n)

1. (Suriname) firecracker string, firecracker roll
   • 1934 August 29, “Sport en Spel.”, in De Surinamer : nieuws- en advertentieblad‎, page 3:

     De aanvang van de wedstrijd werd gemarkeerd door het afsteken van een ,,pagara".

     The start of the match was marked by firing off a firecracker roll.

   • 1973, Leo H. Ferrier, “Notities van een vriend [Notes of a friend]”, in Tirade‎, →ISSN, page 459:

     Op zo'n maanheldere avond verwacht je niet dat ze een grote pagara-vuurwerk zullen afschieten op de grote cementen bak, het waterreservoir, waarin Lucia de vorige week zondag in haar spel met bloemen verdronk.

     On such a moonlit evening, you wouldn't expect them to be firing off a large firecracker roll at the large concrete tank, the water reservoir, in which Lucia drowned during her play with flowers on Sunday last week.

• pagara-estafette

pagara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of pagar

pagara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of pagar

pagara

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of pagar

From Kari'na pagala. Cognate of Dutch pagaal. The meaning 'fire cracker string' was acquired because of the similar appearance to the basket in rolled-up form.

pagara

1. reddish, quadrilateral water-proof basket with a lid, braided from reed-like strips of warimbo (Ischnosiphon gracilis) with leaves of palulu (Heliconia bihai) in between
   • 1936, Melville J. Herskovits en Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore‎, New York: Columbia University Press, page 159:

     Anąnsi teki karu nąŋga alei̯si nąŋga asisi, a pɔti n'ɩn' na pagara.

     Anansi took the corn, the rice, and the ashes, and put them in the basket.

2. firecracker string, firecracker roll

• Dutch: pagara

• IPA^(key): [ˈpa.ɡa.ɾa]

pagara (underlying form pagar)

1. (intransitive) to lie on one's front

• Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics