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wara

Pronunciation: /ˈwara/

“wara” is an Indonesian word. Its 4 meanings in English:

root

  1. announcement

noun

  1. syllabic abbreviation of wanita angkatan udara
  2. loincloth made of woven cloth, worn when dancing traditional dances by the people of Telalora Village, Maluku
  3. words spoken in song during the death ceremony of the Dayak people

Etymology

From Javanese ꦮꦫ (wara, “words”), * from Old Javanese wiwarana, ultimately from Sanskrit विवरण (vivaraṇa). * from Old Javanese warah (“communication, information, report, instruction, teaching”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bajaq.

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