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Definitions and meaning of bora

bora

English

Etymology 1

From Gamilaraay būru.

Alternative forms

• Bora

Noun

bora (plural boras)

1. An initiation ceremony for males among the Aboriginal people of New South Wales.

Synonyms

• burbung

Derived terms

• bora ground

Etymology 2

Either from Serbo-Croatian bura (“downslope wind, northeast or ENE wind”), or from a dialectal form of Italian borea (“north wind”) from Latin Boreās.

Noun

bora

1. 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.

Translations

Anagrams

• Abor, Baro, baro-, boar, broa

Albanian

Noun

bora

1. definite nominative singular of borë

Chibcha

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βoɾa/

Noun

bora

1. ball

References

• Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Cornish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *bọreɣ, from Proto-Celtic *bāregos (“morning”). Cognate with Breton beure (“morning”) and Welsh bore (“morning”).

Noun

bora m (plural boraow)

1. dawn

Related terms

• myttin (“morning”)
• mo (“dusk”)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

bora m (plural borys)

1. boar

   Synonyms: torgh, badh

Mutation

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bóː.ɽàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bóː.ɽàː]

Noun

bōrā̀ f (possessed form bōràr̃)

1. less-favored wife, wife who is not her husband's favorite

See also

• mōwā̀

Hungarian

Etymology

bor +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈborɒ]
• Hyphenation: bo‧ra

Noun

bora

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

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːra/
• Rhymes: -ɔːra

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bora (“to drill”)

Verb

bora (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative boraði, supine borað)

1. to bore, drill [intransitive or with accusative]

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bora, from bora (“to drill”).

Noun

bora f (genitive singular boru, nominative plural borur)

1. hole (small and undesirable abode)
2. butthole (anus)

Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

bora m

1. indefinite accusative/genitive plural of bor

Italian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin borea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Hyphenation: bò‧ra

Noun

bora f (plural bore)

1. bora (north-eastern wind)

Anagrams

• Orba, baro, baro-, barò, orba, roba

Ladino

Etymology

From Greek βορράς (vorrás, “north; violent north wind”), from Ancient Greek Βορρᾶς (Borrhâs).

Noun

bora f

1. storm, torrential rain, gust of wind

Further reading

• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “bóra”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 96

Latvian

Noun

bora m

1. genitive singular of bors

Northern Sami

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Norwegian bor.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpoːra/

Noun

bōra

1. 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 corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpora/

Verb

bora

1. inflection of borrat:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà.

Noun

bora

1. bow

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• borene n or m (of bor, Etymology 2)
• boret (of bore)

Noun

bora n

1. definite neuter plural of bor (Etymology 2)

Verb

bora

1. inflection of bore:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• borane

Noun

bora n or m

1. definite neuter plural of bor (Etymology 2)

Old English

Verb

bora

1. imperative singular of borian

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *burōną (“to drill, pierce, bore”).

Verb

bora

1. to bore

Conjugation

Descendants

Noun

bora f (genitive boru, plural borur)

1. a drilling hole

Declension

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: bore f

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bora

1. inflection of borr:
   1. indefinite accusative plural
   2. indefinite genitive plural

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bora”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• bura

Etymology

From Old Norse bora, from Proto-Germanic *burōną.

Verb

bora

1. to drill, penetrate

Conjugation

Descendants

• Swedish: borra

Portuguese

Etymology

Clipping of embora, from the phrase vamos embora.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bo‧ra

Interjection

bora

1. (informal) let's go

   Synonyms: vamos, vamos lá, vambora, vamo lá, vamo

   Bora! ― Let's go!

Particle

bora

1. (informal) hortative and cohortative particle; let's

   Synonyms: vamos, vamo

   Bora comprar algo para comer? ― How about we buy something to eat?

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [boˈra]

Verb

bora

1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of borî

Romansch

Alternative forms

• bura (Sutsilvan)

Noun

bora f (plural boras)

1. (sports, Surmiran) ball

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) balla

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bóra f (Cyrillic spelling бо́ра)

1. wrinkle
2. (geology) fold

Declension

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बड़ा (baṛā, “large, great, massive; important; very”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

bora (invariable)

1. fine, excellent
2. better
3. best

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -boresha (“to improve”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • ubora

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà.

Noun

bora class 14 (plural mara)

1. bow

Turkish

Etymology 1

Noun

bora

1. dative singular of bor

Etymology 2

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بورا (bora, “squall, tempest”), possibly a derivation from Proto-Turkic *bora- (“north wind; to snow heavily”). Cognate with Crimean Tatar and Turkmen boran, Bashkir буран (buran), Kazakh боран (boran). Or a wanderword, compare Italian bora, ultimately from Latin borea and, Greek μπόρα (mpóra). The same root as bora is found in the name of the Greek mythological figure of Boreas (Βορέας). Scholars argue, the Serbo-Croatian name bura and Slovene burja are not etymologically related to bora; they derive from Common Slavic burja 'storm' (from the verb *burĭti), and the meaning 'bora' developed later.

Noun

bora (definite accusative borayı, plural boralar)

1. (meteorology) squall.
2. (often nautical) more specifically the bora is a northerly to north-easterly katabatic wind. Regardless of its direction, it can gather a hurricane-strength, thus it is a storm too.

References

Yoruba

Etymology 1

From bó (“to peel”) +‎ ara (“body”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bó.ɾā/

Verb

bóra

1. (transitive) to bleach one's skin; to lighten one's skin
2. (literal) to peel one's body

Derived terms

• ìbóra (“skin bleaching”)

Etymology 2

From bo (“to cover”) +‎ ara (“body”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bō.ɾā/

Verb

bora

1. to cover the body

Source: wiktionary.org