"barra" meaning in Afar

See barra in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /barˈra/, [bʌrˈrʌ]
Head templates: {{head|aa|noun|||||||or||or||or||plural|agábu|or|agaabá|or||or||or||f10accel-form=p|f10g=f|f11accel-form=p|f11g=f|f1accel-form=f|f2accel-form=m|f3accel-form=s|f3g=?|f4accel-form=s|f4g=?|f5accel-form=s|f5g=?|f6accel-form=s|f6g=?|f7accel-form=p|f7g=m|f8accel-form=p|f8g=f|f9accel-form=p|f9g=f|g=f|g2=|head=barrá}} barrá f (plural agábu m or agaabá f), {{aa-noun|barrá|g=f|gpl=m|gpl2=f|pl=agábu|pl2=agaabá}} barrá f (plural agábu m or agaabá f) Inflection templates: {{aa-decl|barrá}} Forms: barrá [canonical, feminine], agábu [masculine, plural], agaabá [feminine, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], barrá [absolutive], barrá [predicative], barrá [subjective], barrá [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], barrál [l-case, with-postposition], barrák [k-case, with-postposition], barrát [t-case, with-postposition], barráh [h-case, with-postposition]
  1. (Southern dialects) woman Tags: Southern, dialectal
    Sense id: en-barra-aa-noun-zy5b~x7w Categories (other): Afar entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afar entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. (Southern dialects) wife Tags: Southern, dialectal
    Sense id: en-barra-aa-noun-nVKjyOTW Categories (other): Afar entries with incorrect language header, Female family members Disambiguation of Afar entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Female family members: 12 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: agboytá [Northern, dialectal] Derived forms: barraytó [diminutive], barráytu (english: wimp, weak person) [dialectal, diminutive]
Categories (other): Female, People Disambiguation of Female: 0 0 Disambiguation of People: 0 0
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        "diminutive"
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          "agabu"
        ]
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      ]
    },
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          "agaaba"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      ]
    },
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          "barra#Afar"
        ]
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      ]
    },
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          "barrá",
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        ]
      ],
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          "barrá",
          "barra#Afar"
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      "links": [
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        "genitive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aa-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "barrál",
      "links": [
        [
          "barrál",
          "barral#Afar"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "l-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "barrák",
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        [
          "barrák",
          "barrak#Afar"
        ]
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        "with-postposition"
      ]
    },
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        [
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      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "with-postposition"
      ]
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      "form": "barráh",
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        [
          "barráh",
          "barrah#Afar"
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        "bar‧ra"
      ]
    }
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  ],
  "lang": "Afar",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "woman",
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        "(Southern dialects) woman"
      ],
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        "Southern",
        "dialectal"
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          "_dis": "50 50",
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            [
              54,
              59
            ]
          ],
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            [
              61,
              67
            ]
          ],
          "english": "So a man called Elimelek, he went together with two sons and a wife, he migrated from a town called Betlehem in Judea to the country of the nation called Moab.",
          "ref": "2006, “Ruut 1:2 [Ruth 1:2]”, in Nabuwwa kee malikwa [Prophets and kings]:",
          "text": "Too waqdi Alimelek deqsita num, lab-xayloh nammay kee barra gabat hayya heeh, Yuudâ-baaxok Beetlacam deqsitta magaalak Mooyab deqsita marih baaxo fan dulah gexe.",
          "translation": "So a man called Elimelek, he went together with two sons and a wife, he migrated from a town called Betlehem in Judea to the country of the nation called Moab.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        "(Southern dialects) wife"
      ],
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        "Southern",
        "dialectal"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/barˈra/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bʌrˈrʌ]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "agboytá"
    }
  ],
  "word": "barra"
}

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    "Afar feminine nouns",
    "Afar lemmas",
    "Afar nouns",
    "Afar terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 14 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "aa:Female",
    "aa:Female family members",
    "aa:People"
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "barraytó"
    },
    {
      "english": "wimp, weak person",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "translation": "wimp, weak person",
      "word": "barráytu"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "agábu",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "agaabá",
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        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "barrá",
      "links": [
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          "barrá",
          "barra#Afar"
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          "barrá",
          "barra#Afar"
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      ],
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      "form": "barrá",
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          "barrá",
          "barra#Afar"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "subjective"
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      "form": "barrá",
      "links": [
        [
          "barrá",
          "barra#Afar"
        ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "l-case",
        "with-postposition"
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      "form": "barrák",
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      "form": "barrát",
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        [
          "barrát",
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      "form": "barráh",
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        [
          "barráh",
          "barrah#Afar"
        ]
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          "english": "So a man called Elimelek, he went together with two sons and a wife, he migrated from a town called Betlehem in Judea to the country of the nation called Moab.",
          "ref": "2006, “Ruut 1:2 [Ruth 1:2]”, in Nabuwwa kee malikwa [Prophets and kings]:",
          "text": "Too waqdi Alimelek deqsita num, lab-xayloh nammay kee barra gabat hayya heeh, Yuudâ-baaxok Beetlacam deqsitta magaalak Mooyab deqsita marih baaxo fan dulah gexe.",
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      "glosses": [
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/barˈra/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[bʌrˈrʌ]"
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    {
      "tags": [
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      "word": "agboytá"
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}

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