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*daRa₂ maiden, virgin, unmarried girl

PMP daRa₂ maiden, virgin, unmarried girl ⇫ ¶

WMP
Chamorro	haga	daughter
Agutaynen	dala-ŋ	puberty, male and female
Moken	dala	girl, maiden
Maranao	raga	lady, maid, girl who is unmarried; female slave
Manobo (Western Bukidnon)	raǥa	a single woman; virgin
Acehnese	anɨʔ dara	marriageable girl
Karo Batak	anak dara	the ring finger
Malay	ñiur dara	coconut palm not yet in bearing
	anak dara	unmarried girl, maiden
	dara	maiden, virgin
	ayam dara	pullet
Sundanese	dara	a young woman who has had her first child; also a female animal that has had its first young
Old Javanese	a-rara	having an unmarried daughter or sister
	rara ~ rarā	girl, maiden
Javanese	pa-lɔrɔ	young girls of the court
	lɔrɔ	virgin girl, young girl of noble birth
Balinese	daha twa	old maid
	daha	maid, virgin; virginal, not having borne fruit
Sasak	dara	young girl, unmarried woman
CMP
Kisar	rare	female, of animals
Leti	rara	female, of animals that haven’t yet borne young
Wetan	rara	woman
Proto-Aru	raR	young unmarried woman (Richard Nivens, p.c.)

PWMP da-daRa maiden, virgin, unmarried girl ⇫ ¶

WMP
Tagalog	dálaga-hín	said of a girl who is at the beginning of puberty
	da-lága	young, unmarried woman from adolescence up; maiden (not common)
	mag-dalagá	to grow into a teenage girl
	dalaga-ŋ iná	an unwed mother
Hanunóo	da-rága	maid, maiden, young girl; virgin; any unmarried girl past the age of puberty
Romblomanon	dalag-īta	young unmarried girl, an adolescent female from about 12 to 17 years
	dalāga ~ darāga	an unmarried woman, beginning at puberty until marriage; usually a young unmarried woman; a spinster
Masbatenyo	mag-darága	become a marriageable female; refers to females who become of marriageable age
	darága	a young female, unmarried girl, young lady, maiden; refers to a young girl of marriageable age
	daragá-hon	ladylike
Aklanon	daeága	girl, young lady, young unmarried woman; maiden
Waray-Waray	darága	maiden; an unmarried woman; single, as of civil status
	darag-ita	teenage girl
Agutaynen	da-dala-ŋ-dala-ŋ	teenager: more often used about girls
Hiligaynon	dalága	unmarried girl between the age of about fifteen to thirty
Cebuano	dalága	unmarried woman; young girl who has reached maturity; reach womanhood by virtue of menstruating
	dalag-íta	a girl close to maturity but not yet mature (ten to thirteen years old)
Maranao	da-raga	maiden, young woman
Tausug	dāga	maiden girl, adolescent girl in puberty stage (may also be spoken of some animals)
Iban	dara	young woman, unmarried woman, maiden; (of women) smart
Totoli	tau dolago	virgin, young girl
Dampelas	han-daa	virgin, young girl
Mongondow	moŋo-deaga	young, of a daughter
	deaga	young, of land animals and birds
Ampibabo-Lauje	ŋa-laga	virgin, young girl
Pendau	ren-daa	virgin, young girl
Tae'	anak dara	sister of a man
Boano	tau doago	virgin, young girl
Makassarese	anaʔ rara suntiŋ	young girl who has had her menarche (11-12 years of age)
	anaʔ rara	young girl from about nine to thirteen years of age
Sundanese	da-dara	females who have borne their first young (collective)
Sasak	də-dara	young girl, unmarried woman
Bikol	da-rága	young, unmarried woman; maiden, damsel, lass
	pagka-daraga	feminity; maidenhood, virginity

PWMP ka-daRa-an (gloss uncertain) ⇫ ¶

WMP
Tagalog	ka-dalagá-han	group of unmarried women
Cebuano	ka-dalagá-han	maidens
Old Javanese	ka-rara-n	maidenhood

PWMP d<um>aRa in one’s maidenhood ⇫ ¶

WMP
Tagalog	d<um>alága	young female animal that has not yet borne any young
Masbatenyo	d<um>arága	pullet; young hen
Old Javanese	r<um>ara	in her maidenhood, young (of a woman)
Balinese	d<um>aha	be still a virgin

Reconstructions

PMP	daRa₂	maiden, virgin, unmarried girl
PWMP	da-daRa	maiden, virgin, unmarried girl
PWMP	ka-daRa-an	(gloss uncertain)
PWMP	d<um>aRa	in one’s maidenhood

Note

Also Dairi-Pakpak Batak jarah-jarah ‘female animals in general; a heifer, a hen who has laid her first egg ’. This form is erroneously said to be of Sanskrit origin in several dictionaries, as Coolsma (1930), Richards (1981), and Wilkinson (1959). The regular reflexes of PAn *R in all languages cited here, and the fact that Chamorro has a cognate form shows that this statement is false. The primary meaning of this term appears to be ‘girl between the onset of menstruation and time of marriage’, although scattered references (Tagalog, Masbatenyo, Malay, Sundanese, Tausug, Mongondow) suggest that it also applied to animals, particularly hens that have just begun to produce eggs. It may be that the term *anak daRa was used for humans to distinguish these two senses.