BARA
BARA is a Cebuano word. In English, it means...
bára n {1} steel bar, rod.
dikabra crowbar.
{2} frame of a bicycle.
{3} measurement, the span from the shoulder to the tip of the opposite hand with the arm extended.
{4} i eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth.
Pamaslan tikaw bára i bára sa ímung gibúhat kanákù, I will repay you eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth for what you have done to me.
{4a} punishment sent to a philanderer that his daughter falls victim to a philanderer.
Bára nà níya nga gipaangkan ang íyang anak kay himabáyi man, Its his punishment for being a philanderer that his daughter was made pregnant.
v {1} [A13; a12] make into a bar.
{2} [b4] for a girl to su?
er at the hands of a philanderer as a punishment to her father.
Baráhan ang átung anak ug magsígi kag pamabáyi, Our daughter will become a victim herself if you keep chasing women.
{3} [A2C; c1] for a brother and sister in one family to marry a brother and sister in another.
Gibára sa mga Kurtis ug Sansis ang ílang mga anak, A son and daughter of the Corteses married a son and daughter of the Sanchezes.
barabára n shaft for a horse carriage.
v [a] make into a shaft for a carriage, put a shaft on.
barabara n shaft in a pressurized kerosene lantern which holds the needle controlling the width of the orifice through which the vaporized kerosene passes.
barahan n {1} yard-stick.
{2} criterion for measuring s.t.
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cloth of cheap quality with big, checkered prints.
v [A; b6] wear this sort of cloth.
dikabra crowbar.
{2} frame of a bicycle.
{3} measurement, the span from the shoulder to the tip of the opposite hand with the arm extended.
{4} i eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth.
Pamaslan tikaw bára i bára sa ímung gibúhat kanákù, I will repay you eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth for what you have done to me.
{4a} punishment sent to a philanderer that his daughter falls victim to a philanderer.
Bára nà níya nga gipaangkan ang íyang anak kay himabáyi man, Its his punishment for being a philanderer that his daughter was made pregnant.
v {1} [A13; a12] make into a bar.
{2} [b4] for a girl to su?
er at the hands of a philanderer as a punishment to her father.
Baráhan ang átung anak ug magsígi kag pamabáyi, Our daughter will become a victim herself if you keep chasing women.
{3} [A2C; c1] for a brother and sister in one family to marry a brother and sister in another.
Gibára sa mga Kurtis ug Sansis ang ílang mga anak, A son and daughter of the Corteses married a son and daughter of the Sanchezes.
barabára n shaft for a horse carriage.
v [a] make into a shaft for a carriage, put a shaft on.
barabara n shaft in a pressurized kerosene lantern which holds the needle controlling the width of the orifice through which the vaporized kerosene passes.
barahan n {1} yard-stick.
{2} criterion for measuring s.t.
-in-() n k.
o.
cloth of cheap quality with big, checkered prints.
v [A; b6] wear this sort of cloth.