English

Alternative forms

• marrow

Noun

marra ‎(plural marras)

1. (Geordie, Mackem, informal) A friend, pal, buddy, mate.

   Cheers marra!

References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin,
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896,
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: marras, marrât

Verb

marra

1. third-person singular past historic of marrer

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmarːa/
• Rhymes: -arːa

Verb

marra ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative marraði, supine marrað)

1. to creak

Conjugation

Italian

Etymology

From Latin marra

Noun

marra f ‎(plural marre)

1. hoe
2. fluke (of an anchor)

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Semitic via Ancient Greek μάρρον ‎(márrhon); compare Akkadian 𒄑𒈥 ‎(marru [^GEŠMAR]), Classical Syriac ܡܪܐ ‎(marra), and Arabic مَرّ ‎(marr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ra/

Noun

marra f ‎(genitive marrae); first declension

1. hoe
2. hook, weeding-hook

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• French: marre
• Italian: marra

References

• marra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• marra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MARRA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• marra in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• marra in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Martuthunira

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *marra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mara/

Noun

marra

1. wing
2. flipper

References

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

Portuguese

Noun

marra f (plural marras)

1. boldness; courage

Synonyms

• coragem, valentia

Verb

marra

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of marrar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of marrar

Spanish

Verb

marra

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of marrar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of marrar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of marrar.

Wiradhuri

Alternative forms

• mura
• murra

Etymology

Compare Gamilaraay mara.

Noun

marra

1. hand