different between kor vs koa

English

Etymology

From Hebrew ?????

Noun

kor (plural kors)

1. (historical units of measure) Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
   • 2002, Don Victor Bovey, In Touch With Eternity, page 161,

     Solomon responded by committing 20,000 kors of pure oil and 20,000 kors of wheat in annual payments. A kor of oil is an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid of about 58 gallons. A kor of wheat is equal to 6.25 bushels.

Anagrams

• OKR, ROK, ork, rok

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian ????.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k?or?]

Adjective

kor (comparative daha kor, superlative ?n kor)

1. blind

See also

• kar (“deaf”)

Cornish

Noun

kor f (singulative koren)

1. wax

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kurn?, from Proto-Indo-European *?r?Hnóm.

Noun

kor

1. wheat
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Kor. Triticum.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek ????? (khorós).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kor n (singular definite koret, plural indefinite kor)

1. choir (singing group)
2. chancel, choir (part of church housing the altar)

Declension

Further reading

• “kor” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From earlier korre, from earlier korde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?r/
• Hyphenation: kor
• Rhymes: -?r

Noun

kor f (plural korren, diminutive korretje n)

1. A trawl, a dragnet used for trawling over or close to the seabed.

Derived terms

• boomkor
• korren
• pulskor

German

Verb

kor

1. first/third-person singular preterite of kiesen

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kor]
• Rhymes: -or

Noun

kor (plural korok)

1. age (a certain period of time in the life of an individual)

2. age (a great period in the history of the Earth)

3. (geology) epoch

Declension

The multiple-possession forms are practically nonexistent; the form korai coincides with another lexeme.

Derived terms

References

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch koor (“choir”), from Middle Dutch côor, from Latin chorus. Cognate with Afrikaans koor, English choir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?r/
• Hyphenation: kor

Noun

kor (first-person possessive korku, second-person possessive kormu, third-person possessive kornya)

1. (music) choir, vocal ensemble.

   Synonym: paduan suara

Further reading

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

Kamta

Verb

kor (kor)

1. do

Conjugation

Lun Bawang

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kor/

Noun

kor

1. A chorus.

Matal

Verb

kor

1. to have, gain

Derived terms

• makoray

References

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko??/
• Rhymes: -o??

Adjective

kor (comparative kortir, superlative herî kor)

1. blind

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus (“chorus”), from Ancient Greek ????? (khorós, “dance ring, chorus, choir, band of singers and dancers”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *??er- (“catch”) or Proto-Indo-European *??oros.

Noun

kor n (definite singular koret, indefinite plural kor, definite plural kora or korene)

1. choir (singing group)
2. chancel, choir (part of church housing the altar)

Derived terms

• kordirigent
• korsanger

Etymology 2

Adverb

kor

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by hvor

References

• “kor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hvar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?r?/, /ku?r/ (example of pronunciation)

Adverb

kor

1. how

   Kor mykje skal du ha?

   How much do you want?

2. where

   Kor er alle saman?

   Where is everybody?

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek ????? (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku?r/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

kor n (definite singular koret, indefinite plural kor, definite plural kora)

1. choir (singing group)
2. chancel, choir (part of church housing the altar)

Derived terms

• kordirigent

References

• “kor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku?r/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

kor

1. indefinite plural of ko

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish kor, from Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek ????? (khorós).

Noun

kor n

1. chancel, choir, the part of a church housing the altar
2. (dated) a choir (group of singing people)

Declension

Related terms

(in church architecture):

(singing):

References

• kor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• ork

Tocharian B

Etymology

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Noun

kor

1. throat

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (qor, “glowing coal, ember”), from Proto-Turkic *k?r (“glowing coals”). Akin to köz (“ember”).

Noun

kor (definite accusative koru, plural korlar)

1. ember

Declension

See also

• cüruf
• köz

Volapük

Noun

kor (nominative plural kors)

1. choir

Declension

Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian ???? (kur).

Adjective

kor

1. blind

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian koa.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k???/

Noun

koa (plural koas or koa)

1. Acacia koa, a species of large tree in the family Fabaceae which is endemic to and common on the islands of Hawaii; or the wood of this tree.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 59:

     As you get higher, native vegetation takes over, so a prospect might be framed by the dangling leaves of the beautiful koa tree, each leaf a gently curved, trembling sickle.

   • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 122:

     At her funeral, Likelike's body was placed in a polished koa coffin, adorned with sprays of gardenia […].

See also

• koa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• A-OK, AOK, Kao, OAK, Oka, oak, oka

Ajië

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koa]

Noun

koa

1. rain

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Bola

Noun

koa

1. grasshopper

References

• Brent Wiebe, Bola (Bola-Bakovi) Language Organized Phonology Data, p. 3

Garo

Verb

koa

1. to stitch

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *toa (compare Maori toa), from Proto-Oceanic *toRas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *teRas (compare Indonesian teras (“heart, pith (of wood)”)).

Noun

koa

1. warrior
2. koa (tree)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *toqa (compare Maori toa (“brave”)).

Verb

koa

1. (stative) to be brave, military

Derived terms

• Kekoa

Indonesian

Etymology

From Chinese, probably Hokkien ? (kòa).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

koa (first-person possessive koaku, second-person possessive koamu, third-person possessive koanya)

1. (gaming) a Chinese card game.

Alternative forms

• kua

Further reading

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