different between bora vs boa

English

Etymology 1

From Gamilaraay b?ru.

Alternative forms

• Bora

Noun

bora (plural boras)

1. A initiation ceremony for males among the Aborigines of New South Wales.
   • 1873, William Ridley, Report on Australian Languages and Traditions, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 2:

     Birribirai, a youth not yet admitted to a bora.

   • 1885, A. L. P. Cameron, Notes on some Tribes of New South Wales, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 14:

     By far the most important among the ceremonies practised by the aborigines of New South Wales is the Bora, at which youths are initiated to manhood...

Synonyms

• burbung

Derived terms

• bora ground

Etymology 2

Perhaps from a dialectal form of Italian borea (“north wind”), from Latin Bore?s.

Noun

bora

1. A cold, often dry, northeasterly wind which blows, sometimes in violent gusts, down from mountains on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea. It also applies to cold, squally, downslope winds in other parts of the world.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 650:

     When the bora blew down from the mountains, announcing the winter, would he ride it on out of town?

Translations

Anagrams

• Abor, Baro, baro-, boar, broa

Chibcha

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Spanish bola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?a/

Noun

bora

1. ball

References

• Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Hungarian

Etymology

bor +? -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bor?]
• Hyphenation: bo?ra

Noun

bora

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of bor

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??ra/
• Rhymes: -??ra

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bora (“to drill”), from borr (“drill”) (Icelandic bor).

Verb

bora (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative boraði, supine borað)

1. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to bore, drill

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bora, from bora (“to drill”), from borr (“drill”).

Noun

bora f (genitive singular boru, nominative plural borur)

1. hole (small and undesirable abode)
2. butthole (anus)

Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

bora m

1. indefinite accusative/genitive plural of bor

Italian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin borea.

Noun

bora f (plural bore)

1. bora (north-eastern wind)

Latvian

Noun

bora m

1. genitive singular form of bors

Northern Sami

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Norwegian bor.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?po?ra/

Noun

b?ra

1. boron

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?pora/

Verb

bora

1. inflection of borrat:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *b??táà.

Noun

bora

1. bow

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (of bor) borene n or m (Etymology 2)
• (of bore) boret

Noun

bora n

1. definite neuter plural of bor (Etymology 2)

Verb

bora

1. inflection of bore:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• borane

Noun

bora n or m

1. definite neuter plural of bor (Etymology 2)

Old English

Etymology

From the verb beran.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bo.r?/

Noun

bora m

1. bearer (only attested in compounds)

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *bur?n? (“to drill, pierce, bore”).

Verb

bora

1. to bore

Conjugation

Descendants

Noun

bora f (genitive boru, plural borur)

1. a drilling hole

Declension

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: bore f

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

bora

1. inflection of borr:
   1. indefinite accusative plural
   2. indefinite genitive plural

References

• bora in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• bura

Etymology

From Old Norse bora, from Proto-Germanic *bur?n?.

Verb

bora

1. to drill, penetrate

Conjugation

Descendants

• Swedish: borra

Portuguese

Etymology

Short for embora. From the phrase vamos embora.

Interjection

bora

1. let's go

   Synonyms: vamos, vamos lá, vamo, vamo lá, vambora

2. let's

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bo?ra]

Verb

bora

1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of borî

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan) bura

Noun

bora f (plural boras)

1. (sports, Surmiran) ball

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) balla

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bóra f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. wrinkle
2. (geology) fold

Declension

Swahili

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (ba??, “large, great, massive; important; very”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

bora (invariable)

1. fine, excellent
2. better
3. best

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • ubora

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *b??táà.

Noun

bora 14 (plural mara)

1. bow

Turkish

Etymology 1

Noun

bora

1. dative singular of bor

Etymology 2

Noun

bora (definite accusative boray?, plural boralar)

1. (meteorology) squall

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

• (Kalix) IPA^(key): /?bura/
• (Skellefteå) IPA^(key): /²bo?ra/
• (Umeå) IPA^(key): /²b??ra/

  Rhymes: -??ra

  (ð-r merger) Rhymes: -??ra, -??ða

Etymology

From Old Norse bora (“to drill”), from borr (“drill”) (Westrobothnian bor).

Verb

bora (preterite & supine bora)

1. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to bore, drill

English

Etymology

From Middle English boa, from Latin boa (“large snake”), a species of serpent mentioned in Pliny's Naturalis Historia (Natural History).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b??.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?bo?.?/
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

boa (plural boas or boae or (obsolete) boæ)

1. Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa, subfamily Boinae, or family Boidae, including the boa constrictor and the emperor boa of Mexico.
2. (plural "boas") A type of scarf typically made from feathers.

Translations

See also

• boa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Boa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• A/B/O, ABO, AOB, Abo, BAO, Bao, OAB, OBA, Oba., a.o.b., abo, bao, oba

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin boa (“large snake”).

Noun

boa f (plural boes)

1. boa (snake)

Further reading

• “boa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “boa” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “boa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “boa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

From Latin boa (“large snake”).

Noun

boa c (singular definite boaen, plural indefinite boaer)

1. boa (snake)
2. boa (item of clothing)

Declension

Synonyms

• boaslange

Derived terms

• boaslange
• fjerboa
• kongeboa

References

• “boa” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch boa, from Latin boa. The use for scarf derived from French boa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bo?.a?/
• Hyphenation: boa
• Rhymes: -o?a?

Noun

boa m (plural boa's, diminutive boaatje n)

1. boa, snake of the genus Boa
2. fur or plumed scarf, boa

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: boa

Esperanto

Etymology

From bo- +? -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?boa/
• Hyphenation: bo?a
• Rhymes: -oa

Adjective

boa (accusative singular boan, plural boaj, accusative plural boajn)

1. Related by marriage (rarely used; bo- is usually a prefix).

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bo.?/, [?bo?.?]
• IPA^(key): /?bo??/, [?bo???]
• Rhymes: -o.?
• Syllabification: bo?a

Noun

boa

1. boa (snake)

Declension

Compounds

• boakäärme
• kuningasboa
• smaragdipuuboa

Anagrams

• abo

French

Etymology

From Latin boa (“large snake”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?.a/

Noun

boa m (plural boas)

1. boa (snake)
2. boa (scarf)

Further reading

• “boa” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin boa (“large snake”).

Noun

boa f (plural boas)

1. boa (snake)
2. boa (scarf)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

boa

1. feminine singular of bo

Further reading

• “boa” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch boa, from Middle Dutch boa, from Latin boa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?boa?]
• Hyphenation: boa

Noun

boa (first-person possessive boaku, second-person possessive boamu, third-person possessive boanya)

1. boa, snake of the genus Boa
2. fur or plumed scarf, boa

Further reading

• “boa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin boa

Noun

boa m (invariable)

1. boa (snake)
2. boa (scarf)

Noun

boa f (plural boe)

1. buoy

Katembri

Noun

boa

1. moon

References

• ?estmír Loukotka, ?Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 88-89

Latin

Etymology

First mentioned by Pliny, of unknown origin. Folk etymology connected it to Ancient Greek ???? (boûs, “ox”).

Noun

boa f (genitive boae); first declension

1. A large snake native to Roman Italy.
2. A disease, the measles or smallpox.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Verb

bo?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of bo?

References

• boa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• boa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Lindu

Noun

boa

1. lie; falsehood

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

boa m (definite singular boaen, indefinite plural boaer, definite plural boaene)

1. boa

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

boa m (definite singular boaen, indefinite plural boaer or boaar, definite plural boaene or boaane)

1. boa

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?.a/

Etymology 1

From Latin boa.

Noun

boa m anim (indeclinable)

1. boa (snake)

Etymology 2

From French boa, from Latin boa.

Noun

boa n (indeclinable)

1. feather boa

Further reading

• boa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bo.?/

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese bõa, from Latin bona, feminine of bonus (“good”).

Adjective

boa

1. feminine singular of bom

Derived terms

• boa noite
• boa tarde
• numa boa
• embora (from "em boa hora")
• boa gente / gente boa
• boa vida / vida boa
• de boa
• boas

Noun

boa f (plural boas)

1. an interesting story, joke or news

Interjection

boa!

1. good one!, well done!, all right! (expresses approval, applause or admiration)

Etymology 2

From New Latin Boa, from Latin boa (“large Italian snake species”).

Noun

boa f (plural boas)

1. boa (any snake of the Boa genus)

   Synonym: jiboia

Further reading

• “boa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French boa

Noun

boa m (uncountable)

1. boa constrictor

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin boa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?boa/, [?bo.a]

Noun

boa f (plural boas)

1. boa (snake)
2. boa (scarf made from feathers)

Further reading

• “boa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin boa

Noun

boa c

1. boa (snake)
2. boa (scarf)

Declension

Vietnamese

Etymology

From French pourboire (“tip”, literally “fordrink”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [??wa???]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [??wa???]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [??wa???]

Verb

boa

1. to leave a tip; to give gratuity