pria

pria

1. third-person singular past historic of prier

• pair, pari, ripa

From Sanskrit प्रिय (priya, “beloved”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *priHás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *priHás, from Proto-Indo-European *priHós. Doublet of priayi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpria/, [ˈpri.a]
• IPA^(key): /pərˈja/, [pərˈja]
• Hyphenation: pri‧a

pria (first-person possessive priaku, second-person possessive priamu, third-person possessive prianya)

1. man, boy

   Synonym: laki

• peria (Standard Malay)

• wanita, waria

• “pria” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

From Latin prius, with the ending influenced by Italian prima (“before”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpri.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: prì‧a

pria

1. (archaic, literary, poetic) before, previously

   Synonym: prima

   Antonym: dopo

   in pria ― firstly

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto I, lines 97–99, page 14:

     e ha natura sì malvagia e ria, ¶ che mai non empie la bramosa voglia, ¶ e dopo 'l pasto ha più fame che pria.

     and has a nature so malign and ruthless, ¶ that never doth she glut her greedy will, ¶ and after food is hungrier than before.

• IRAP, apri, aprì, arpi, pari, pira, rapi, rapì, ripa