bara
BARA is a word in Cebuano with its meaning in English.
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. -in-() n k. o. cloth of cheap quality with big, checkered prints. v [A; b6] wear this sort of cloth.