different between bora vs bosa
bora
English
Etymology 1
From Gamilaraay b?ru.
Alternative forms
- Bora
Noun
bora (plural boras)
- 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...
- 1873, William Ridley, Report on Australian Languages and Traditions, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 2:
Synonyms
- burbung
Derived terms
- bora ground
Etymology 2
Perhaps from a dialectal form of Italian borea (“north wind”), from Latin Bore?s.
Noun
bora
- 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?
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 650:
Translations
Anagrams
- Abor, Baro, baro-, boar, broa
Chibcha
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Spanish bola.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o?a/
Noun
bora
- 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
- 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)
- (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)
- hole (small and undesirable abode)
- butthole (anus)
Declension
Etymology 3
Noun
bora m
- indefinite accusative/genitive plural of bor
Italian
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin borea.
Noun
bora f (plural bore)
- bora (north-eastern wind)
Latvian
Noun
bora m
- genitive singular form of bors
Northern Sami
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Norwegian bor.
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /?po?ra/
Noun
b?ra
- 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
- inflection of borrat:
- present indicative connegative
- second-person singular imperative
- imperative connegative
Northern Sotho
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *b??táà.
Noun
bora
- bow
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- (of bor) borene n or m (Etymology 2)
- (of bore) boret
Noun
bora n
- definite neuter plural of bor (Etymology 2)
Verb
bora
- inflection of bore:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- borane
Noun
bora n or m
- definite neuter plural of bor (Etymology 2)
Old English
Etymology
From the verb beran.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bo.r?/
Noun
bora m
- bearer (only attested in compounds)
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *bur?n? (“to drill, pierce, bore”).
Verb
bora
- to bore
Conjugation
Descendants
Noun
bora f (genitive boru, plural borur)
- a drilling hole
Declension
Descendants
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bore f
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
bora
- inflection of borr:
- indefinite accusative plural
- 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
- to drill, penetrate
Conjugation
Descendants
- Swedish: borra
Portuguese
Etymology
Short for embora. From the phrase vamos embora.
Interjection
bora
- let's go
- Synonyms: vamos, vamos lá, vamo, vamo lá, vambora
- let's
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bo?ra]
Verb
bora
- third-person singular imperfect indicative of borî
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Sutsilvan) bura
Noun
bora f (plural boras)
- (sports, Surmiran) ball
Synonyms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) balla
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
bóra f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- wrinkle
- (geology) fold
Declension
Swahili
Etymology
From Hindi ???? (ba??, “large, great, massive; important; very”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
bora (invariable)
- fine, excellent
- better
- best
Derived terms
- Nominal derivations:
- ubora
Tswana
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *b??táà.
Noun
bora 14 (plural mara)
- bow
Turkish
Etymology 1
Noun
bora
- dative singular of bor
Etymology 2
Noun
bora (definite accusative boray?, plural boralar)
- (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)
- (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to bore, drill
bora From the web:
- what borax
- what borax used for
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- what borahae means
- what borax does to ants
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bosa
English
Alternative forms
- boza
Etymology
From Turkish boza, from Persian ????? (buze).
Noun
bosa (countable and uncountable, plural bosas)
- a fermented drink made from wheat or millet
Translations
References
Anagrams
- ASBO, Abos, Asbo, BAOs, Baos, SOAB, Sabo, abos, asbo, baos, baso-, boas, obas, sabo, soba
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bos?/, [?bo?s??]
- Rhymes: -os?
- Syllabification: bo?sa
Noun
bosa
- (Helsinki slang, usually in the plural) female breast
Synonyms
- hinkki
- dösä
Anagrams
- soba
Irish
Noun
bosa f pl
- nominative/dative plural of bos (“palm (of the hand)”)
Mutation
Further reading
- "bosa" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “bosa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “bosa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
bosa f (definite singular bosa, indefinite plural boser or bosor, definite plural bosene or bosone)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by bose
- definite singular of bose
Verb
bosa (present tense bosar, past tense bosa, past participle bosa, passive infinitive bosast, present participle bosande, imperative bos)
- Alternative spelling of bose
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?.sa/
Adjective
bosa
- feminine nominative/vocative singular of bosy
San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish bozal.
Noun
bosa
- muzzle
References
- Stewart, Cloyd; Stewart, Ruth D.; colaboradores amuzgos (2000) Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 44)?[1] (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., ?ISBN, page 4
Spanish
Verb
bosa
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of bosar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of bosar.
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of bosar.
bosa From the web:
- what bosa plays for the 49ers
- what bosa brother is better
- bosa meaning
- bosasa meaning
- what bosan mean
- bosa what to see
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- bosanski what does it mean