barabara (pluralbarabaras)

1. Alternative form ofbarrabora.

barabara

1. Rōmaji transcription ofばらばら

Borrowed fromSwahilibarabara.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /βàɾàβàɾà(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a tetrasyllabic stem.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group includingcindano,huko,iburi,igego,igoti,ini (pl.mani),inooro,irigũ,irũa,iturubarĩ (pl.maturubarĩ),kĩbaata,kĩmũrĩ,kũgũrũ,mũciĩ,mũgeni,mũgũrũki,mũmbirarũ,mũndũ,mũri,mũthuuri,mwaki(“fire”),mwario(“way of speaking”),mbogoro,nda,ndaka,ndigiri,ngo,njagathi,njogu,nyondo(“breast(s)”), and so on.^[2]

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barabara class9/10 (pluralbarabara)

1. road^[3]

   barabaraĩno - thisroad

   barabaraici - theseroads

   Synonyms:bara,njĩra

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Possibly fromArabicبَرّ(barr,“land, earth”).^[1]

• (Unguja standard)IPA^(key): /ɓɑ.ɾɑˈɓɑ.ɾɑ/

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barabara classIX (pluralbarabara classX)

1. road(strip of land made suitable for travel)

   Synonym:njia

   maisha nibarabara ndefu

   life is a longroad

   • 2019 July 30, “Erick Kabendera: Polisi wa Tanzania wanasema walimkamata mwandishi huyo [Erick Kabendera: Police in Tanzania say they have arrested the reporter]”, inBBC Swahili‎^[1]:

     Baada ya siku tisa Mo kama anavyojulikana nchini humo, alitupwa nje ya uwanja wa Gymkana katikabarabara ya Ocean Road eneo linalolindwa sana kwa kuwabarabara hiyo inelekea ikulu ya rais nchini Tanzania.

     After nine days Mo, as he [Mohammed Dewji] is known in the country, was thrown out of the Gymkana Stadium on theroad Ocean Road in an area that is well protected, as theroad leads to the presidential palace in Tanzania.

• → Kikuyu:barabara

FromPersianبرابر(barâbar).

• (Unguja standard)IPA^(key): /ɓɑˈɾɑ.ɓɑ.ɾɑ/

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barabara (invariable)

1. proper,correct,exactlyright

barabara

1. exactly,precisely
   • Kumbukumbu la Sheria 5:32,Biblia Habari Njema:

     Nyinyi muwe waangalifu mkafanye kama Mwenyezi-Mungu alivyowaamuru; tekelezeni kila kitubarabara.

     Be careful to do as the Lord has commanded; implement everythingprecisely.

bárabáraorbarabará (Baybayin spellingᜊᜇᜊᜇ)

1. alternative spelling ofbara-bara

bárabára

1. tapeworm

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