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5-letter words (3 found)

BAURS,BURAS,BURSA,

4-letter words (13 found)

ARBS,BARS,BAUR,BRAS,BRUS,BURA,BURS,RUBS,RUSA,SUBA,SURA,URBS,URSA,

3-letter words (17 found)

ABS,ARB,ARS,BAR,BAS,BRA,BRU,BUR,BUS,RAS,RUB,SAB,SAR,SAU,SUB,SUR,URB,

2-letter words (6 found)

AB,AR,AS,BA,UR,US,

You can make 39 words from bursa according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of bursa

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Definitions and meaning of bursa

bursa

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bursa (“purse”), from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa); compare purse and bourse, which are doublets.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɜːsə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɝsə/

Noun

bursa (plural bursae or bursæ)

  1. (anatomy) Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.
  2. A diverticulum on the cloaca of young birds, which serves as a lymphatic organ and as part of the immune system, but which atrophies as the bird ages.
  3. Any of various pouch-like organs for storing semen prior to copulation in the male or for receiving semen in the female.
  4. (religion) A parament about twelve inches square in which the folded corporal is kept in for reasons of reverence.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

  • Bursa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Baurs

Indonesian

Etymology

  • Learned borrowing from Latin bursa, from the Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”).
  • Semantic loan from Dutch beurs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbʊr.sa]
  • Hyphenation: bur‧sa

Noun

bursa

  1. (business, economics) exchange: a place for conducting trading.
    Bursa Efek Indonesia ― Indonesia Stock Exchange
  2. (by extension, figurative, colloquial) election.
    Synonym: pemilihan
    bursa capres ― presidential candidate election

Derived terms

Noun

bursa

  1. bursa, any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.

Further reading

  • “bursa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”).

Noun

bursa m (genitive singular bursa, nominative plural bursaí)

  1. burse; purse

Declension

Mutation

References

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bursa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Kanuri

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʊ̄rsá]

Noun

bursa

  1. (Kanembu) cloud

Synonyms

  • fowo/fogo/fofo (Kanuri)

Further reading

  • Francis Jouannet, Le kanembou des Ngaldoukou: langue saharienne parlée sur les rives septentrionales du lac Tchad: phonématique et prosodie (1982, Paris: SELAF)
  • Kakadu Kanembu Kərânei: Kakadu 2 (UNESCO)

Latin

Alternative forms

  • byrsa

Etymology

Late Latin (4th century); from the Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbur.sa/, [ˈbʊrs̠ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbur.sa/, [ˈbursä]

Noun

bursa f (genitive bursae); first declension

  1. (originally Late Latin) oxhide, animal skin
  2. (by extension, Medieval Latin) purse, especially one made of skin or leather
  3. (Medieval Latin) supply of money, funds
  4. (Medieval Latin) pension

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • bursārius
  • bursiformis
  • bursius
  • imbursō
  • rembursō

Descendants

References

  • bursa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “bursa”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Northern Sami

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin bursa.
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpurːsa/

Noun

bursa

  1. purse (for money)
  2. wallet
  3. stock market

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

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin bursa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbur.sa/
  • Rhymes: -ursa
  • Syllabification: bur‧sa
  • Homophone: Bursa

Noun

bursa f

  1. (dated, education) boarding house (housing for students at a boarding school)
    Synonym: internat
  2. (Roman Catholicism) bursa (parament about twelve inches square in which the folded corporal is kept in for reasons of reverence)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • bursa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bursa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa). Doublet of bolsa.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bur‧sa

Noun

bursa f (plural bursas)

  1. (anatomy) bursa (sac where muscle slides across bone)

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • buorsa (Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”).

Noun

bursa f (plural bursas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) purse
  2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) exchange

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bursa. Doublet of bolsa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuɾsa/ [ˈbuɾ.sa]
  • Rhymes: -uɾsa
  • Syllabification: bur‧sa

Noun

bursa f (plural bursas)

  1. (anatomy) bursa

Related terms

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bursa.

Noun

bursa c

  1. (anatomy) bursa
    Synonym: slemsäck

Declension

References

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

Anagrams

  • arbus, brusa, busar

Source: wiktionary.org