wara-wara

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Hausa

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /wá.ɽá.wá.ɽá/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [wə́.ɽə́.wə́.ɽə́]

Ideophone

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wara-wara

  1. spaced apart, irregularly placed

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Reduplication of wara, from Javanese ꦮꦫꦮꦫ (wara-wara, public announcement, proclamation), from Old Javanese warah-warah (communication, information, report, instruction, teaching).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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wara-wara (first-person possessive wara-waraku, second-person possessive wara-waramu, third-person possessive wara-waranya)

  1. (obsolete) announcement
    Synonyms: pengumuman, pemberitahuan

Alternative forms

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Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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wara-wara

  1. Romanization of ꦮꦫꦮꦫ