different between sora vs kora

English

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Noun

sora (plural soras)

1. A rail (Porzana carolina) of North, Central, and northern South America.

Translations

Anagrams

• AORs, AoRs, ORAS, ROSA, Raos, Raso, Roas, Rosa, Soar, aros, oars, oras, osar, rosa, soar

Faroese

Verb

sora (third person singular past indicative soraði, third person plural past indicative sorað, supine sorað)

1. to smash

Conjugation

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sora, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *?ora, ultimately probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *?er-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sor?/, [?s?o?r?]
• Rhymes: -or?
• Syllabification: so?ra

Noun

sora

1. gravel

Declension

Anagrams

• Rosa, oras

Hungarian

Etymology

sor +? -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??or?]
• Hyphenation: so?ra

Noun

sora

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of sor

Declension

Japanese

Romanization

sora

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Lombard

Etymology

From sopra.

Adverb

sora

1. above

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin soror.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?r?/

Noun

sora

1. sister

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?so.ra/

Noun

sora f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of sor?

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Puter, Vallader) sour

Etymology

From Latin soror, from Proto-Indo-European *swés?r.

Noun

sora f (plural soras)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) sister

Coordinate terms

• (in terms of gender):
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) frar
  • (Puter) frer

English

Etymology

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

Noun

kora (plural koras)

1. (music) A type of harp played in West Africa.

Derived terms

• koraist

See also

• kora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• akro-, okra

Esperanto

Etymology

From koro (“heart”) +? -a (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kora/
• Hyphenation: ko?ra
• Rhymes: -ora

Adjective

kora (accusative singular koran, plural koraj, accusative plural korajn)

1. relating to the heart; cardiac
2. heartfelt, cordial

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kor?]
• Hyphenation: ko?ra
• Homophone: Cora (hypermarket in Hungary between 1997 and 2012)
• Rhymes: -r?

Etymology 1

Back-formation from korán (“early”).

Adjective

kora (comparative (archaic) korább, superlative (archaic) legkorább)

1. early (near the start or beginning)

2. early (at a time in advance of the usual or expected event)

Derived terms

• korai

(Compound words):

• koraszülött

Etymology 2

kor (“age”) +? -a (possessive suffix)

Noun

kora

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of kor

Declension

Derived terms

• korabeli
• kori (Etymology 2)

Further reading

• kora in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Japanese

Romanization

kora

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Latvian

Noun

kora m

1. genitive singular form of koris

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

kora n

1. definite singular of kor

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• (noun): IPA^(key): /?ku?.r?/ (example of pronunciation)
• (verb): IPA^(key): /²ku?.r?/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

kora n

1. definite singular of kor

Verb

kora (present tense korar, past tense kora, past participle kora, passive infinitive korast, present participle korande, imperative kor)

1. alternative form of kore

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.ra/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kora, from Proto-Indo-European *ker- whence English cortex and decorticate.

Noun

kora f

1. bark (of trees)
2. crust
3. cortex

Declension

Related terms

• korowy, podkorowy

Etymology 2

Noun

kora f

1. (sculpture) kore

Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

kora f

1. kora (string instrument)

Declension

Further reading

• kora in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• kora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-kóra (infinitive gukóra, perfective -kóze)

1. do
2. work
3. fix

Derived terms

• -koresha
• umukozi

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kora

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kôra/
• Hyphenation: ko?ra

Noun

k?ra f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. bark (of trees)
2. crust

Declension

References

• “kora” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Turkish

Noun

kora

1. dative singular of kor

Vilamovian

Noun

kora f

1. punishment

Synonyms

• ?tröf f

Westrobothnian

Verb

kora

1. Alternative spelling of köra