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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
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iora
English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
iora (plural ioras)
- Any of a group of passerine birds, of the family Aegithinidae, found in India and other parts of Asia
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish íaru, from Proto-Celtic *wiweros, from Proto-Indo-European *h?i-h?uer, reduplication of *h?u(e)r. Compare Breton gwiñver, Welsh gwiwer.
Noun
iora m (genitive singular iora, nominative plural ioraí)
- squirrel
Declension
Derived terms
- iora eitilte
- iora glas
- iora rua
Mutation
Italian
Noun
iora f (plural iore)
- iora
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