barra

Etymology 1

Variant forms.

Etymology 2

Clipping of barramundi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /barˈra/ [bʌrˈrʌ]
• Hyphenation: bar‧ra

Noun

barrá f (plural agábu m or agaabá f)

1. (Southern dialects) woman
2. (Southern dialects) wife

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “barra”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *barra, possibly from Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”), cognate with French barre and English bar. Doublet of bar.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ʁa/

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Verb

barra

1. third-person singular past historic of barrer

Noun

barra m (plural barras)

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   • 2021 April 9, chapter 123 (0:14 from the start), OldPee (lyrics)‎:

     Glock pour les tracas, dans les placards, c’est la cata
     D’puis l’temps, tu le barra, pour les barras, j’veux ma part

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2024 April 17, “Les vitesses” (0:41 from the start), Batbat (lyrics)‎:

     Le barra c’est top, on fait ça carré et pe-pro

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbara̝/

Etymology 1

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *barros (“top, summit”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“point”). Cognate with Irish barr (“top, tip, summit”).

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin barra, perhaps from Gaulish. Doublet of bar.

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “barra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “barra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “barra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “barra 'parra'”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “barra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “barra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN