different between boro vs koro

English

Verb

boro

1. (Jamaican) borrow

Translations

Noun

boro (plural boros)

1. (US) Alternative spelling of borough

Derived terms

• -boro

Anagrams

• OBOR, boor, broo, robo-

Aneme Wake

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boro/

Noun

boro

1. pig

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo.?o/

Noun

boro inan

1. boron

Declension

Further reading

• “boro” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
• “boro” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

Dongxiang

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mongolic *böxere, from Proto-Turkic *bögür.

Compare Mongolian ???? (böör), Turkish böbrek.

Noun

boro

1. kidney

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mongolic *bora, from Proto-Turkic *bo?.

Compare Mongolian ??? (bor), Turkish boz.

Adjective

boro

1. grey
2. dark

Etymology 3

Perhaps the same as the second etymology.

Noun

boro

1. heathen

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?boro/
• Hyphenation: bo?ro
• Rhymes: -oro

Noun

boro (uncountable, accusative boron)

1. boron

French

Pronoun

boro

1. Alternative spelling of bôrô (“enough”)

Galician

Noun

boro m (uncountable)

1. boron

Italian

Etymology

Back-formation from borace (“borax”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?.ro/
• Hyphenation: bò?ro
• Rhymes: -?ro

Noun

boro m (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) boron

Related terms

Anagrams

• orbo

Laboya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bo?ro]

Noun

boro

1. gebang palm

References

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) , “boro”, in Lamboya word list, Leiden: LexiRumah

Muduapa

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *beRek.

Noun

boro

1. pig

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bòro f

1. definite singular of bòru

Portuguese

Noun

boro m (plural boros)

1. boron

Coordinate terms

• (Chemical Element): Previous: berílio. Next: carbono

Related terms

Rohingya

Adjective

boro

1. large

Spanish

Etymology

From bórax, influenced by similar formations in other European languages (compare English boron, French bore).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

boro m (uncountable)

1. boron

Derived terms

Related terms

• bórax

See also

• boro on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English bore (“to make a hole”).

Verb

boro

1. to bore
2. to cut in line
3. to intrude (on a party) uninvited

Noun

boro

1. drill (instrument)
2. bore
3. hole, leak

Adjective

boro

1. having holes, leaky
2. (of a guest) uninvited

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish boro.

Noun

boro

1. (chemistry) boron

Venetian

Noun

boro m (plural bori)

1. boron

English

Etymology

Possibly from Makasar garring koro' (lit. koro illness, "shrinking of the toilet", Matthes 1859), Buginese, or Malay. See "Koro § Etymology and geographical background" at Wikipedia for a full discussion.

Noun

koro (uncountable)

1. (psychology) A delusional syndrome found in Malay and southern Chinese populations, characterized by a belief that the subject's penis will retract into the abdomen and cause death.

References

• Mathes B. F. (1859). Makassaarsch-Hollandsch Woordenboek. Amsterdam: Het Nederlandsch Bijbelgenootschap te Amsterdam, p. 43 ("inkrimping van het gemak").

Anagrams

• Kroo, kroo, roko, rook

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin cor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?koro/
• Hyphenation: ko?ro

Noun

koro (accusative singular koron, plural koroj, accusative plural korojn)

1. heart
2. clapper (tongue of a bell)

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *koro, from Proto-Oceanic *koro (compare Tongan kolo).

Noun

koro

1. town
2. village (use koro lailai to specify that it's smaller in size than a town)
3. settlement

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?koro/, [?ko?ro?]
• Rhymes: -oro
• Syllabification: ko?ro

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skur?.

Noun

koro

1. (heraldry) line of partition, line
2. (botany) open scar

Declension

Etymology 2

Back-formation from korottaa.

Noun

koro

1. (ballistics) elevation (angle)

Declension

Anagrams

• orko

Fur

Noun

koro (plurale tantum)

1. water

References

• Angelika Jakobi, A Fur Grammar: Phonology, Morphophonology, and Morphology (1990)
• Arthur Charles Beaton, A grammar of the Fur language (1968)

Japanese

Romanization

koro

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Khoekhoe

Numeral

koro

1. five

Lindu

Noun

koro

1. body
2. self

Maori

Noun

koro (used in the form koro-a)

1. grandfather

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kòro f

1. (non-standard since 1917) definite singular of kòru

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.r?/

Noun

koro f

1. vocative singular of kora

Rapa Nui

Noun

koro

1. (archaic) father

Usage notes

Considered archaic; the following are preferred:

• matu'a tamaaroa
• matu'a tane