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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "ra"}}
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==English==

===Interjection===
{{en-interj}}

# {{alternative spelling of|en|rah||exclamation of encouragement}}
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1982|author=w:Douglas Adams|title=Life, the Universe and Everything|page=140|text="You guys are doing great. '''Ra ra ra'''! Go get 'em, guys."}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2016|author=Angie Derek|title=Mafia Secret
|passage='''Ra-ra''' and all that. So cheerleaders have a harder time climbing flights of stairs?}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2022|author=Russ Harris|title=The Happiness Trap|edition=second|page=235
|passage="'''Ra! Ra!''' You can do it! '''Ra! Ra!''' Just get to it!"}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ar|ar-|A.R.|-ar|ar.|Ar.|ar|A&R|A/R|AR|ar'|A & R|A. & R.}}

==Albanian==

===Etymology===
Inflection of {{m|sq|bie}}.

===Verb===
{{sq-verb}}

# [[it]] [[fell]] ([[off]])
# [[it]] [[tumbled]], [[flopped]]
# [[it]] [[struck]], [[punched]]
# [[it]] [[rained]] (combined with {{l|sq|shi||rain}})
#: {{ux|sq|'''Ra''' shi.|[[it|It]] [[rained]].|lit='''[[it|It]] [[fell]]''' rain.}}
# [[it]] [[snowed]] (combined with {{l|sq|borë||snow}})
#: {{ux|sq|'''Ra''' borë.|[[it|It]] [[snowed]].|lit='''[[it|It]] [[fell]]''' snow.}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|sq|rashë}}
* {{l|sq|bie}}

==Anguthimri==

===Noun===
{{head|awg|noun}}

# {{lb|awg|Mpakwithi}} [[stomach]]

===Verb===
{{head|awg|verb}}

# {{lb|awg|transitive|Mpakwithi}} to [[wash]]
# {{lb|awg|transitive|Mpakwithi}} to [[rub]]

===References===
* Terry Crowley, ''The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri'' (1981), page 188

==Atampaya==

===Verb===
{{head|amz|verb}}

# [[throw]]
# [[spill]]

===References===
* Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, ''Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method'' (2004), page 537

==Borôro==

===Etymology===
{{rfe|bor}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|bor|/ə̆ɾaḁ/}}

===Noun===
{{head|bor|noun}}

# [[bone]]

==Cebuano==

===Etymology===
Originally an [[allophone]] of obsolete {{m|ceb|da||idem}}. Compare {{cog|tsg|da|t=only; just}} and the {{m|tl|daw}}~{{m|tl|raw}} distinction in Tagalog.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ceb-IPA}}

===Adverb===
{{ceb-adv|b=+}}

# {{q|after the first word of a sentence}} [[only]], [[just]], [[nothing]] [[else]]
#: {{syn|ceb|lamang|lang}}
#: {{uxi|ceb|Kani '''ra''' ang puti|This is the '''only''' white one.}}
# {{q|after an adjective indicating a greater nature}} [[too]], [[so]], but not [[too much]]
#: {{syn|ceb|kaayo}}
#: {{uxi|ceb|Dako '''ra''' ang sapatos para nako.|The shoes are '''quite''' big for me.}}
# {{q|with a verb|after a pronoun}} {{n-g|expresses an action done by someone alone}}; to do by [[oneself]]
#: {{uxi|ceb|Siya '''ra'''y naglaba sa tanang labhonon.|He did all the laundry by himself.}}
# {{q|after a verb in the prospective aspect}} {{n-g|indicates that the action is certain to happen}}
#: {{uxi|ceb|Moanhi '''ra''' 'na.|He'll come. {{q|So don't worry}}}}
# {{q|after an imperative verb}} {{n-g|used to soften a command}}
#: {{uxi|ceb|Ambi '''ra''' gud ang remote.|Let me have the remote.}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|ceb|ra ba|yate ra|ra gani|tan-awa ra|ra gud|maayo ra|samok ra|layo ra|wala ra|lain ra|lahi ra|sobra ra|kanyahay ra|bantog ra|ra gayod|mao ra|anaa ra|ra hinuon|iya ra}}

==Chuukese==

===Etymology===
{{rfe|chk}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|chk|pronoun}}

# [[they]]
# they are

==Dalmatian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|dlm|la|rex|rēx, rēgem}}.

===Noun===
{{head|dlm|noun|g=m}}

# [[king]]

==Dutch==
{{wp|lang=nl|Ra (zeil)}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|nl|ree||obsolete, dialectal}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nl|dum|ra}}, from {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*rahō}}. Cognate with {{cog|de|Rah}}, {{cog|non|rá}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/raː/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-ra.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|ra}}
* {{rhyme|nl|aː|s=1}}
* {{homophones|nl|Rha}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|f|-'s|+}}

# {{lb|nl|nautical}} [[spar]] {{gloss|horizontal beam or pole of a ship's mastwork}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|nl|razeil}}

==Egyptian==

===Romanization===
{{head|egy|romanization}}

# {{egy-alt tr|rꜥ|type=Manuel de Codage}}

==Galician==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|gl|arrá|arrán|ran|raa}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|gl|roa-opt|rãa}} (13th century, ''{{w|Cantigas de Santa Maria}}''), from {{inh|gl|la|rana}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|gl|/ˈraː/}}

===Noun===
{{gl-noun|f}}

# [[frog]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|gl|Camporrairo}}
* {{l|gl|Portorrairo}}
* {{l|gl|Rairos}}
* {{l|gl|relo}}
* {{l|gl|Vilarrairo}}

===References===
* {{R:gl:DDGM|rãa}}
* {{R:gl:CX|rãa}}
* {{R:gl:DDLG}}
* {{R:gl:TILG}}
* {{R:TLPGP}}

{{C|gl|Amphibians}}

==Haitian Creole==

===Etymology===
From {{der|ht|fr|rare}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ht|/ɣa/}}

===Adjective===
{{head|ht|adjective}}

# [[rare]], [[uncommon]]

===References===
* Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. ''Haitian Creole-English dictionary'' (1993; {{ISBN|0931745756}})

==Japanese==

===Romanization===
{{ja-romaji}}

# {{Latn-def|ja|syllable|ら|ラ|ra}}

==Malagasy==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|mg|poz-pro|*daʀaq}}.

===Noun===
{{head|mg|noun}}

# [[blood]]

==Maltese==
{{mt-root|w-r-j}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|mt|ar|رَأَى}}. An oft-cited archaism in Maltese as the verb has been displaced in most contemporary dialects (some preserved it though like the dialect of Sfax/Tunisia). The peculiar use of the imperative is similar to Maghrebi forms like {{m|ar||راني|tr=rāni}} etc., which ultimately developed into pronouns.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|mt|/raː/}}
* {{audio|mt|LL-Q9166 (mlt)-GħawdxiVeru-ra.wav}}
* {{homophones|mt|ragħa|qq1=except archaically|raha|qq2=except nonstandard}}
* {{rhymes|mt|aː|s=1}}

===Verb===
{{mt-verb|jara|pp=muri}}

# to [[see]]
# {{lb|mt|imperative}} [[look]]!, [[behold]]!; {{ng|often construed with a pronominal suffix referring to the subject of the following context}}
#* {{RQ:mt:Bibbja|Eżekjel|29|3|passage=Tkellem u għid: Dan jgħid Sidi l-Mulej: '''Arani''' kontrik, ja Fargħun, sultan tal-Eġittu, il-kukkudrill il-kbir imxaħxaħ f’nofs in-Nil, li qal: ‘Tiegħi n-Nil. Jien għamiltu.’|t=Speak to him and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “‘I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, you great monster lying among your streams. You say, “The Nile belongs to me;|ver=NIV}}

====Conjugation====
{{mt-conj/ra}}

==Middle English==

===Etymology 1===

====Adjective====
{{head|enm|adjective}}

# {{alternative form of|enm|raw}}

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alt form|enm|ro|t=roe deer|id=roe deer}}

==Mokilese==

===Etymology===
Cognate with {{cog|woe|ra|t=branch}}

===Noun===
{{head|mkj|noun}}

# [[branch]]

====Inflection====
{{mkj-tinalienable-long-poss|ra}}

==Moore==

===Etymology===
Compare {{cog|gur|da||to buy}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|mos|/rà/}}

===Verb===
{{head|mos|verb}} (''progressive'' [[raada]])

# to [[buy]]

==Nyunga==

===Etymology===
{{rfe|nys}}

===Noun===
{{head|nys|noun}}

# clear plain

===References===
* {{R:nys:BindonChadwick2011}}

==Old English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|ang|rāha|rāa||early}}

===Etymology===
A contraction of earlier {{m|ang|rāha}}, from {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*raihō}}, {{m|gmw-pro|*raih}}, from {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*raihô}}, {{m|gem-pro|*raihą}}. The 5th-century runic form {{m|gmq-pro|ᚱᚨᛇᚺᚨᚾ}} is possibly an ancestor of this word, but may be {{cog|gmq|-}} instead.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ang-IPA|rā}}

===Noun===
{{ang-noun|m|rān|head=rā}}

# [[roe deer]], [[roebuck]]

====Declension====
{{ang-decl-noun-n-m|rā|vowel=1}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|enm|ro|roo}} {{q|northern {{m|enm|ra}}, {{m|enm|raa}}}}
** {{desc|en|roe}}
** {{desc|sco|ra|rae}}

===References===
* {{R:ang:BT|rá|ref=025425}}

{{C|ang|Cervids}}

==Pali==

===Alternative forms===
{{pi-alt}}

===Etymology===
Probably from the pronunciation of a syllable consisting only of the letter.

===Noun===
{{pi-noun|m}}

# the Pali letter 'r'
#* {{RQ:pi:Kaccayano quote|4|ka|35}}
#* {{RQ:pi:Kaccayano quote|12|lorassa|2}}

====Declension====
{{pi-decl-noun|g=m|number=s}} <!-- Hold plural back until evidence of existence is found -->

====Synonyms====
* {{l|pi|rakāra}}

==Scots==

===Determiner===
{{head|sco|determiner}}

# {{lb|sco|colloquial}} {{alt form|sco|the|from=Glaswegian}}

====Usage notes====
* Associated with broad Glaswegian dialect.

==Sumerian==

===Romanization===
{{sux-rom}}

# {{romanization of|sux|𒊏|tr=ra}}

==Tagalog==

===Etymology===
Influenced by Baybayin character {{m|tl|ᜇ}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{tl-pr}}

===Noun===
{{tl-noun|b=+}}

# {{tl-letter name|R|r|alph=abak}}
#: {{syn|tl|ar|ere|q1=in the Filipino alphabet|q2=in the Abecedario}}

====See also====
{{col3|tl|dara|da}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Pambansang Diksiyonaryo}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|tl|a=ar|ar}}

==Tat==

===Etymology===
Cognate with {{cog|fa|راه|tr=rah}}.

===Noun===
{{head|ttt|noun}}

# [[road]]

==Vietnamese==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|vi|mkh-mvi|𦋦|tr=ra}}, from {{inh|vi|mkh-vie-pro|*-saː}}, cognate with {{cog|tou|-}} [Cuối Chăm] ''saː¹'' and {{cog|mtq|tha}}.

Attested in ''Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh'' (佛說大報父母恩重經) as {{m|vi|亇些}}, phonetic {{ltc-l|個些|id=1, 1}} (modern [[Sino-Vietnamese|SV]]: {{m|vi|cá}} {{m|vi|ta}}).

====Pronunciation====
{{vi-IPA}}
* {{hmp|vi|da|gia}} {{qualifier|North Vietnam}}
* {{audio|vi|LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-ra.wav|a=Hanoi}}

====Verb====
{{vi-verb|[[𦋦]], [[𫥧]], [[𬎷]], [[𠚢]], [[𪞷]], [[𪡔]], [[囉]], [[𫥨]], [[𬙛]]}}

# to [[go out]], to [[leave]]
#: {{ant|vi|vào|vô}}
#* {{quote-book|vi|year=Copy from 18th century, ''Urtext'' probably from 12th or 15th century|title=Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經)|passage={{vi-ruby|雷*礼𢪀曳林由旬|ids='''亇些'''|Lôi '''ra''' lưỡi nghỉ, dài trăm do tuần.}}|translation=Pull '''out''' his 100 ''yojanas'' long tongue.}}
# {{lb|vi|by extension}} to go [[northwards]] in [[Vietnam]]
#: {{ant|vi|vào|vô}}
#: {{uxi|vi|vào nam, '''ra''' bắc|to go southwards and northwards}}
# to be [[release]]d, to be [[publish]]ed, to be [[out]], to [[come out]]
#: {{ux|vi|Phim này mới '''ra''' nè.|Hey, this movie has just '''came out'''.}}
# to [[become]], to [[turn into]]
#: {{ux|vi|Nó chẳng '''ra''' gì hết.|He didn't '''turn out to be''' anybody.}}

=====Usage notes=====
* Sometimes the verb {{m|vi|đi||to go}} is used for emphasis when appended to '''''ra''''', forming {{m|vi|đi ra}} to mean "go even further out". However, this usage may vary from dialect to dialect.
* ''Ra'' is used after an adjective to indicate a positive development of a character or state of a person or thing.
:: {{uxi|vi|Cô ấy [[dạo này]] [[trẻ]] '''ra'''.|She is getting younger these days.}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col4|vi|cửa ra vào|tìm ra|ra rìa|ra tay|ngoài ra|nhận ra|ra đi|tính ra|ra oai|ra vẻ|ra vô|ra vào|ra mắt|ra mặt|lối ra|té ra|hoá ra|đâm ra|ra hồn|ra sao|ra trò|ra sức|ra đời|lẽ ra|nhẽ ra|ra ràng|ít ra|ra dáng}}

====See also====
* {{vi-l|Đàng Ngoài}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{bor|vi|fr|drap}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{vi-IPA|ŕa}}

====Noun====
{{vi-noun|cls=tấm}}

# [[bed sheet]]

==Winnebago==

===Etymology===
{{rfe|win}}

===Article===
{{head|win|article}}

# [[the]] {{qualifier|definite article}}

====Usage notes====
The article follows the noun it modifies.

===References===
* John E. Koontz, ''Winnebago'', in ''The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia'', page 317

==Woleaian==

===Etymology===
Cognate with {{cog|mkj|ra|t=branch}}

===Noun===
{{head|woe|noun}}

# [[branch]]

==Yapese==

===Etymology===
{{rfe|yap}}

===Verb===
{{head|yap|verb}}

# {{lb|yap|auxiliary}} [[will]]; {{non-gloss|forms the future tense}}

==Yoruba==

===Etymology 1===

====Alternative forms====
*{{l|yo|ria}}

====Pronunciation====
*{{yo-IPA|ra}}

====Determiner====
{{yo-pos|determiner|ra}}

# {{lb|yo|Èkìtì|Western Akoko}} [[our]], [[ours]], [[us]]

=====Usage notes=====
* Not used by the Akure subdialect of Ekiti, which uses {{m|yo|ria}}.

===Etymology 2===
Proposed to derive from {{inh|yo|alv-yrd-pro|*là}}, cognate with {{cog|igl|là}}, {{cog|ulb|la}}

====Pronunciation====
*{{yo-IPA|rà}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|rà}}

# {{lb|yo|transitive|ditransitive}} to [[buy]]

===Etymology 3===

====Alternative forms====
*{{l|yo|rákòrò}}

====Pronunciation====
*{{yo-IPA|rá}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|rá}}

# to [[crawl]]

===Etymology 4===

====Pronunciation====
*{{yo-IPA|rà}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|rà}}

# to [[rot]], to [[decay]]
#: {{syn|yo|jẹrà}}

===Etymology 5===

====Pronunciation====
*{{yo-IPA|ra}}

====Particle====
{{yo-pos|particle|ra}}

# {{lb|yo|Èkìtì}} [[not]] {{q|placed before a verb to negate it, often used after personal pronouns}}
#: {{uxi|yo|Wẹ́ '''ra''' kú|You '''will not''' die!}}

[[Category:Ekiti Yoruba]]

==Zaghawa==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|zag|/ɾa/}}

===Conjunction===
{{head|zag|conjunction}}

# [[and]] (used for people)
#: ''adoum '''ra''' hawa '''ra''''' - Adam and Eve
# [[and]] (after words ending in a vowel)
#: ''Sabit da Arbaha '''ra''''' - Saturday and Wednesday

====Usage notes====
Zaghawa conjunctions come after all words they group. Thus, ''Adam and Eve'' is 'adoum ra hawa ra', not *''adoum ra hawa'', as the literal English translation would be.

===See also===
[[da#Zaghawa|da]]

===References===
* ''[http://www.tchad.org/zaghawa/Beria-Eng-BDict.pdf Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary] [provisional]'' ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad

==Zhuang==

===Pronunciation===
* {{za-pron}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|za|tai-pro|*p.taːᴬ||eye}}. See {{l|za|da}} for more.

====Noun====
{{za-head|noun}}

# {{lb|za|Wuming dialect}} [[eye]]
#: {{syn|za|da}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|za|tai-pro|*kraᴬ||to seek}}.

====Verb====
{{za-head|verb|𫽋|𥅂|⿱彐拉|逻|啰|⿱找下|拉|而|⿰目找}}

# to [[look for]]; to [[find]]; to [[search]]

===Etymology 3===

====Verb====
{{za-head|verb}}

# to [[earn]] (money); to [[make]] (money)