pria

pria

1. third-person singular past historic of prier

• pair, pari, ripa

From Sanskrit प्रिय (priya, “beloved”).

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

1. man
2. boy

• wanita, waria

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpri.a/, [ˈpr̺iːä]
• Stress: prìa
• Hyphenation: pria

pria

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

   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.

   Synonym: prima

   Antonym: dopo