ra-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ra"

Italian

Etymology

From a confluence of Latin re- (“again”) and ad- (“towards”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ra/
  • Hyphenation: ra-

Prefix

ra-

  1. used in the formation of verbs with an intensive or iterative sense
    ‎ra- + ‎freddo (“cold, cool”) → ‎raffreddare (“to cool down”)
    ‎ra- + ‎sereno (“serene; (of weather) calm”) → ‎rasserenare (“to calm; (of weather) to clear up”)

Usage notes
  • It always causes gemination of an initial single consonant.

Derived terms
Italian terms prefixed with ra-

Anagrams

Mohawk

Prefix

ra-

  1. pronominal prefix for
    He ______ it/her

Alternative forms
- Initial consonant
Environmentt/s/h/kn/r/w/’ae/eno/oniy
Word-Initial ra-ra-r-r-r-ren-ra-

References
  • Gunther Michelson (1973) A thousand words of Mohawk, University of Ottawa Press, page 9
  • Nora Deering, Helga H. Delisle (1976) Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, page 384

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daₐ

Prefix

ra-

  1. oblique case marker for common nouns

Derived terms
Old Javanese terms prefixed with ra-
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