# dra
## Translingual
### Symbol

dra
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Dravidian languages.

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch dragen.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

dra (present dra, present participle draende, past participle gedra)
* to carry
* to wear
    Fjodor is die eerste Russiese tsaar wat Westerse klere dra.Fjodor is the first Russian tsar that wears western clothes.

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* drâ — Gheg

### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *drag-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (“dregs, sediment”), likely of non-Indo-European origin. Alternatively from Dacian *draga.

### Noun

dra m (plural dra, definite drau, definite plural dratë)
* sediment, dregs
* smudged butter
* sweepings, dirt

#### Related terms

* ndrag

### References

* ↑ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 141
* ↑ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*dragjō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 99: “*dʰragʰ-ieh₂-”
* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dra”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 71

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdra]

### Verb

dra
* masculine singular present transgressive of dřít

#### Synonyms

* dera

#### Related terms

* derouc
* dříc

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* (obsolete) draey

### Etymology

From Middle Dutch drade, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic [Term?]. cognates include Old High German drāto (“quickly, suddenly, violently, intensely”) and its adjectival counterpart drāti; ultimately all derive from the same root to which draaien (“to turn”) (English throw, German drehen (“to turn”)) belongs.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /draː/
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

dra
* (archaic) soon

#### Derived terms

* aldra
* weldra
* zodra

## Fijian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Oceanic *draʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.

### Noun

dra
* blood
* sap (of plant)

### Verb

dra
* to bleed
    E dra tiko na ucuna.His/her nose is bleeding.

### References

* Gatty, Ronald (2009) “dra”, in Fijian–English Dictionary: with notes on Fijian culture and natural history, Suva, Fiji: R. Gatty, →ISBN, page 70

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French drap (“sheet”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɣa/

### Noun

dra
* bedsheet

## Lombard
### Etymology

From de +‎ la.

### Pronunciation

* (Old Lombard) IPA: [ˈdɾa]

### Article

dra
* (Old Lombard) of the
* (Old Lombard) from the

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ-.

### Verb

dra (imperative dra, present tense drar, passive dras, simple past dro or drog, past participle dratt or dradd, present participle dragende)
* to draw; pull; drag
* to leave; depart; go
    dra på ferie - to go on holiday
* (colloquial) of a man, to masturbate

#### Alternative forms

* drage (obsolete in Bokmål, but used in Nynorsk and Danish)

#### Derived terms

* dra til helvete
* dragkamp
* oppdra
* overdra
* pådra

### References

* “dra” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* draga, drage (long forms).

### Etymology

From Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /drɑː/

### Verb

dra (present tense dreg or drar, simple past drog, supine drege or dratt or dradd, past participle dregen or dradd, present participle dragande, imperative dra)
* (transitive) to pull; drag, draw
* (intransitive) to leave; depart; go
    å dra på ferie
       to go on holiday

#### Derived terms

* dra til helvete
* dragkamp
* oppdra
* overdra
* pådra

### References

* “dra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Puyuma
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *da (“locative case marker”).

### Article

dra
* construction marker for common nouns, oblique
    a puyuma mekan dra tinalrek.Puyuma eat rice.

### References

* Josiane Cauquelin (2015) Nanwang Puyuma-English Dictionary (Language and Linguistics Monograph Series 56), Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, →ISBN, page 132

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* draga (dated)

### Etymology

Apocopic form of draga, from Old Swedish dragha, from Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ-. In some senses, from Middle Low German dragen (“carry”) (compare German tragen).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /drɑː/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː

### Verb

dra (present drar, preterite drog, supine dragit, imperative dra)
* to pull (on something, possibly causing it to move)
    Hästen drar vagnenThe horse pulls the cart
    dra ut en tandpull out a tooth
    dra ut en utdragbar skärbrädapull out a pull-out cutting board
    dra något över golvetpull something across the floor [compare släpa]
    Han drog i repetHe pulled the rope [i adds a nuance of "pulled on," rather than "pulled along the ground" or the like]
** to tow (a trailer or the like – compare bogsera)
    Bilen drar släpetThe car tows the trailer
** to draw (a weapon, from a sheath, holster, or the like)
    Riddaren drog sitt svärdThe knight drew his sword
    med dragna pistolerwith guns drawn
    att dra kniv [idiomatic]to pull a knife / knives
* to pull (tell; give)
    Kan du dra siffrorna igen?Can you pull the numbers again?
** to tell (a short story, joke, or the like)
    Dra den där fräckisen igen som du drog igår kvällTell that dirty joke again that you told last night
** to play
    Nisse drog en låt på dragspeletNisse played [pulled] a song on the accordion [somewhat colloquial-sounding]
* (in "dra en slutsats") to draw (a conclusion), to conclude (compare "komma fram till" and "sluta sig till")
    Med den informationen kan man dra slutsatsen att myrsloken måste vara i den blå lådanWith that information, one can conclude [draw the conclusion] that the anteater must be in the blue box
* (in "dra lärdom") to draw (lessons) (learn from something)
    dra lärdom av det inträffadedraw lessons from the incident
* to consume (some resource needed on a continuous basis)
    Hur mycket drar bilen per mil? / Vad drar bilen per mil?How much [gas] does the car consume [draw] per mile [ten kilometers]?
* to draw (a line, curve, or the like – compare rita)
    dra ett streck över någotdraw a line under something [idiomatically with "over" in Swedish]
* to hold back on (something (due to hesitancy))
    Han drog på svaretHe hesitated / paused before answering
    Jag borde göra det nu, men jag drar migI should do it now, but I'm delaying [find it difficult, etc.]
* (often with a particle like fram (“forth”)) to move (often of something large, like a storm or an army – see also rycka)
    Stormen drog fram över önThe storm swept across the island
    Stormen drog in över önThe storm moved in over the island
** (with ifrån) to pull away (increase one's lead (in a (speed) competition))
    Den franska föraren börjar dra ifrån i ledningenThe French driver is starting to pull away in the lead
* (colloquial) to go (somewhere), to leave (for some other place)
    Synonyms: sticka, dunsta, gitta
    Ska vi dra ner på stan?Wanna go downtown?
    Vi drog hem till NisseWe went to Nisse's place
    Vi drar!Let's get out of here!
* (idiomatic, in "gå och dra") to idle (do nothing (productive))
    De bara går och drar hela dagarnaThey're just idling all day
* to run (install (cables, pipes, etc.))
    dra kabel i taketrun cable in the ceiling
* (with med (“with”)) to be burdened (with)
    Hon drogs med flera åkommorShe was burdened with several ailments
* to steep (be steeped in liquid in order to extract ("pull") flavor compounds, etc.)
    Låt teet dra i fyra minuterLet the tea steep for four minutes

#### Usage notes

Dra and rycka (“yank, pull”) have some overlap with how pull is sometimes used for more general movement in English in (sense 8), though it's not perfect. You can't "dra/rycka" ("pull/yank") into a driveway, for example.

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Derived terms

* andra
* bedra
* bidra
* dra av
* dra fram
* dra för
* dra ifrån
* dra igång
* dra ihop
* dra ihop sig
* dra in
* dra med sig
* dra på
* dra på sig
* dra på trissor
* dra samman
* dra sig
* dra till
* dra till sig
* dra upp
* dra ut
* dra över
* dragare
* fördra
* föredra
* hårdra
* indra
* sammandra
* uppdra
* ådra

#### See also

* släpa

### References

* dra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* dra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* dra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* dar, rad

## Yola
### Etymology

From Middle English drawen, from Old English dragan, from Proto-West Germanic *dragan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /draː/

### Verb

dra
* to draw
** 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 59:Note will wee dra aaght to-die?I don't know will we draw any to-day?

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 36