Mara

English

Noun

Mara (plural Maras)

1. a rodent, scientific name Dolichotis, common in the Patagonian steppes of Argentina

Translations

Translations

Navajo: Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ gahniiʼí ntsxaaígíí

Anagrams

• maar
• rama, Rama

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Darling

Noun

Mara

1. hand

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Dieri

Noun

Mara

1. hand

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Finnish

Etymology 1

unknown

Noun

Mara

1. (folklore) A demon in Finnish folklore, similar to nightmare.

Declension

Declension of Mara (type kala) singular plural nominative Mara marat genitive maran marojen marain1 partitive maraa maroja accusative Mara maran marat inessive marassa maroissa elative marasta maroista illative maraan maroihin adessive maralla maroilla ablative maralta maroilta allative maralle maroille essive marana maroina translative maraksi maroiksi instructive – maroin abessive maratta maroitta comitative – maroineen 1) Rare.

See also

• painajainen

Etymology 2

unknown

Noun

Mara

1. Mara, any member of the Dolichotis family of hare-like rodents.

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Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

• IPA: /maɻa/

Alternative forms

• mārā, márá
• murra, mŭrră

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *mara, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *mara.

Noun

Mara

1. hand
2. finger

Quotations

• 1856, William Ridley, On the Kamilaroi Tribe of Australians and Their Dialect, in Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, vol. 4

  Hand . . . mārā

  Fingers . . mŭrră.

• 1856, William Ridley, gurre kamilaroi, or Kamilaroi Sayings

  immanuel murra kawāni miedul, goe, “miēdūl waria.”

  Immanuel by hand took the girl, said “damsel arise”.

• 1873, William Ridley, Australian Languages and Traditions, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 2

  Hand | murra

• 1903, R. H. Mathews, Languages of the Kamilaroi and Other Aboriginal Tribes of New South Wales, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 33

  Hand .... .... | murra

References

• Alpher, Barry. 2004. "Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma." Claire Bowern, Harold Koch (eds.) Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
• Austin, Peter. 1993. A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales.

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Indonesian

Noun

Mara

1. danger

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Irish

Noun

Mara f.

1. genitive singular form of muir

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Maltese

Etymology

From Phoenician |mara mara.

Noun

Mara f.

1. woman

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Mapudungun

Noun

Mara (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. rabbit
2. hare

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small mapudungun-spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

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Martuthunira

Pronunciation

• IPA: /maɻa/

Etymology

From Proto-Ngayarda *mara, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *mara.

Noun

Mara

1. hand

References

• Alpher, Barry. 2004. "Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma." Claire Bowern, Harold Koch (eds.) Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
• Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.

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Nyunga

Alternative forms

• marra
• maar (eastern pronunciation)

Noun

Mara

1. (northern dialect) hand

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Old English

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *maizô.

Adjective

māra

1. more

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Panyjima

Pronunciation

• IPA: /maɻa/

Etymology

From Proto-Ngayarda *mara, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *mara.

Noun

Mara

1. Hand.

References

• Alpher, Barry. 2004. "Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma." Claire Bowern, Harold Koch (eds.) Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
• Dench, Alan. 1991. ‘Panyjima’. R.M.W. Dixon, Barry J. Blake (eds.) The Handbook of Australian Languages, Volume 4. Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, 125–244.

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

Mara f.

1. Genitive of muir

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Swedish

Etymology 1

Old Norse mara, from Proto-Germanic *marōn; cognate to Old English mare or mære

Noun

Mara c.

1. a mythological creature blamed for giving people nightmares

Declension

Declension of mara

	singular		plural
c	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mara	maran	maror	marorna
genitive	maras	marans	marors	marornas

Etymology 2

Contraction of maraton.

Noun

Mara c.

1. short for maratonlopp; a marathon race

Declension

Declension of mara

	singular		plural
c	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mara	maran	maror	marorna
genitive	maras	marans	marors	marornas

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Wangaaybuwan-Ngiyambaa

Noun

Mara

1. handca:mara