different between bora vs bor

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

Possibly from Old English ?eb?r (“freeholder of the lowest class, peasant, farmer”)

Noun

bor (plural bors)

1. (Norfolk) boy

References

Anagrams

• ORB, ROB, Rob, bro, bro., orb, rob

Albanian

Noun

bor

1. boron

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?bor/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?bo?/

Noun

bor m (uncountable)

1. boron

Derived terms

• borat
• bòric
• borur

Further reading

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

Czech

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *bor?. Because in Slovak and Polish dialects it means "marsh", it is sometimes associated with Proto-Slavic *bara, meanig the same. More probably it is connected with Proto-Indo-European *b?or-u-. Compare also bor?vka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bor]
• Rhymes: -or

Noun

bor m

1. wood consisting of pines, pine wood
   • 1834, František Škroup, “Kde domov m?j” (national anthem of the Czech Republic). Lyrics by Josef Kajetán Tyl:

     Kde domov m?j, kde domov m?j? / Voda hu?í po lu?inách, / bory šumí po skalinách, / v sad? skví se jara kv?t, / zemský ráj to na pohled!

Declension

Derived terms

• boroví
• borovice
• borovi?ka
• borovicový
• borový

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Bor, which is a shortened form of Borax derived from Medieval Latin borax, from Arabic ????? (“b?raq”), from Persian ????? (“b?rah”).

Alternative forms

• bór

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bo?r]
• Rhymes: -o?r

Noun

bor m inan

1. boron

Declension

Derived terms

• boran
• borid
• boritý
• borosilikátový

Anagrams

• obr
• rob

References

Further reading

• bor in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• bor in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo?r/, [b?o???]
• Rhymes: -o???

Etymology 1

From the stem of borax.

Noun

bor n (singular definite boret, not used in plural form)

1. boron (chemical element)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse borr.

Noun

bor n (singular definite boret, plural indefinite bor)

1. drill
2. gimlet, auger

Inflection

Etymology 3

See bo

Verb

bor

1. present of bo

Etymology 4

See bore

Verb

bor

1. imperative of bore

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries). Compare Cuman, Kipchak, Uyghur [script needed] (bor, “wine”), ultimately from Middle Persian b?r.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bor]
• Rhymes: -or

Noun

bor (plural borok)

1. wine (an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the juice of grapes)
2. wine (an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the juice of fruits or vegetables other than grapes, usually preceded by the type of the fruit or vegetable)
3. (figuratively) wine (intoxication caused by wine)

Declension

Derived terms

References

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse borr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??r/
• Rhymes: -??r

Noun

bor m (genitive singular bors, nominative plural borar)

1. drill, drill bit

Declension

Derived terms

• borjárn
• borvél

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch boor (“drill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bor/

Noun

bor (first-person possessive borku, second-person possessive bormu, third-person possessive bornya)

1. drill, drill bit

   Synonyms: gurdi, jara

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English board.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bor/

Noun

bor (first-person possessive borku, second-person possessive bormu, third-person possessive bornya)

1. (colloquial) board

   Synonym: papan

Further reading

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• boor, bore, boore
• (Northern ME) bar, bare, bayre

Etymology

From Old English b?r, from Proto-Germanic *bairaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??r/
• (Northern ME, Early ME) IPA^(key): /b??r/

Noun

bor (plural bores)

1. A wild or uncastrated pig; a boar.
2. The meat or flesh of a boar.
3. (figuratively) A rough and tough individual.
4. (rare, heraldic) A heraldic image of a boar.

Descendants

• English: boar
• Scots: bair
• >? Yola: boar

References

• “b?r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-22.

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German por; from the root of Old High German beran (“to bear, carry”).

Noun

bor ? (m or f)

1. height, elevation

References

• bor in M. Lexer, Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bor.

Adjective

bor

1. grey

Etymology 2

Noun

bor ?

1. horse

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

A shortening of boraks

Noun

bor n (definite singular boret, uncountable)

1. boron (chemical element, symbol B)

Derived terms

• borat
• borsyre

Etymology 2

From Old Norse borr

Noun

bor n (definite singular boret, indefinite plural bor, definite plural bora or borene)

bor m (definite singular boren, indefinite plural bor, definite plural borene)

1. (countable) a drill, or drill bit

Derived terms

• håndbor

Etymology 3

Verb

bor

1. present of bo
2. imperative of bore

References

• “bor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

A shortening of boraks

Noun

bor n (definite singular boret)

1. (uncountable) boron (chemical element, symbol B)

Derived terms

• borat
• borsyre

Etymology 2

From Old Norse borr

Noun

bor n (definite singular boret, indefinite plural bor, definite plural bora)

bor m (definite singular boren, indefinite plural borar, definite plural borane)

1. (countable) a drill, or drill bit

References

• “bor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?r/

Etymology 1

Noun

bor m inan

1. boron

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

bor m inan

1. (obsolete) drill bit

   Synonym: wiert?o

Declension

Further reading

• bor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bore, from stem of borax.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bor/

Noun

bor n (uncountable)

1. boron (chemical element)

Related terms

• boric

Further reading

• bor in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bô?r/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *bor?.

Noun

b?r m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. pine

Declension

References

• “bor” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Etymology 2

From New Latin borum, from Arabic ???????? (bawraq).

Noun

b?r m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. boron

Declension

References

• “bor” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *bor?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??r/

Noun

b?r m inan

1. pine

Inflection

Etymology 2

From New Latin borum, from Arabic ???????? (bawraq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bó?r/

Noun

b??r m inan

1. boron

Inflection

Further reading

• “bor”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo?r/
• Homophone: bår

Noun

bor n

1. boron (chemical element)

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu?r/

Noun

bor

1. indefinite plural of bo

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu?r/

Verb

bor

1. present tense of bo.

Anagrams

• bro

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bo?]
• Hyphenation: bor

Noun

bor (definite accusative boru, plural borlar)

1. boron

Declension

Zazaki

Etymology

Ultimately Proto-Indo-European *b?er- (“brown”). Cognate with Persian ???? (bur).

Adjective

bor

1. grey