The Linear B word pa-ra
Word pa-ra
pa ra
Transliteration para
Meaning preposition, before, beyond
See also Carian: para- ‘forth’
Greek: πέρα ‘beyond’
Proto-Indo-European: *per- ‘before, from beside, beyond, around, about, toward’
Lycian: perepñ ‘furthermore’
Avestan: parā ‘before’

Comments
Kind of preposition expressing the following depending on the case:  

  1. proximity, position or movement
  2. opposition, contravention, difference
  3. substitution
  4. excessive, extra