bora
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English
Etymology 1
From Gamilaraay būru.
Alternative forms
Noun
bora (plural boras)
- An initiation ceremony for males among the Aboriginal people of New South Wales.
- 1873, William Ridley, “Report on Australian Languages and Traditions”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2:
- Birribirai, a youth not yet admitted to a bora.
- 1885, A. L. P. Cameron, “Notes on some Tribes of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 14:
- By far the most important among the ceremonies practised by the aborigines of New South Wales is the Bora, at which youths are initiated to manhood...
Synonyms
- burbung
Derived terms
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
- 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.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 650:
- When the bora blew down from the mountains, announcing the winter, would he ride it on out of town?
Translations
Anagrams
Albanian
Noun
bora
Chibcha
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bora
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)
Related terms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
bora m (plural borys)
Mutation
Hausa
Pronunciation
Noun
bōrā̀ f (possessed form bōràr̃)
- less-favored wife, wife who is not her husband's favorite
See also
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bora
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bora | — |
| accusative | borát | — |
| dative | borának | — |
| instrumental | borával | — |
| causal-final | boráért | — |
| translative | borává | — |
| terminative | boráig | — |
| essive-formal | boraként | — |
| essive-modal | borául | — |
| inessive | borában | — |
| superessive | borán | — |
| adessive | boránál | — |
| illative | borába | — |
| sublative | borára | — |
| allative | borához | — |
| elative | borából | — |
| delative | boráról | — |
| ablative | borától | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
boráé | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
boráéi | — |
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse bora (“to drill”), from borr (“drill”) (Icelandic bor).
Verb
bora (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative boraði, supine borað)
- to bore, drill [intransitive or with accusative]
Conjugation
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að bora | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
borað | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
borandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég bora | við borum | present (nútíð) |
ég bori | við borum |
| þú borar | þið borið | þú borir | þið borið | ||
| hann, hún, það borar | þeir, þær, þau bora | hann, hún, það bori | þeir, þær, þau bori | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég boraði | við boruðum | past (þátíð) |
ég boraði | við boruðum |
| þú boraðir | þið boruðuð | þú boraðir | þið boruðuð | ||
| hann, hún, það boraði | þeir, þær, þau boruðu | hann, hún, það boraði | þeir, þær, þau boruðu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
bora (þú) | borið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| boraðu | boriði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
bora — active voice (germynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að borast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
borast | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
borandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég borast | við borumst | present (nútíð) |
ég borist | við borumst |
| þú borast | þið borist | þú borist | þið borist | ||
| hann, hún, það borast | þeir, þær, þau borast | hann, hún, það borist | þeir, þær, þau borist | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég boraðist | við boruðumst | past (þátíð) |
ég boraðist | við boruðumst |
| þú boraðist | þið boruðust | þú boraðist | þið boruðust | ||
| hann, hún, það boraðist | þeir, þær, þau boruðust | hann, hún, það boraðist | þeir, þær, þau boruðust | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
borast (þú) | borist (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| borastu | boristi * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
borast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
| strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
boraður | boruð | borað | boraðir | boraðar | boruð | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
boraðan | boraða | borað | boraða | boraðar | boruð | |
| dative (þágufall) |
boruðum | boraðri | boruðu | boruðum | boruðum | boruðum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
boraðs | boraðrar | boraðs | boraðra | boraðra | boraðra | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
boraði | boraða | boraða | boruðu | boruðu | boruðu | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
boraða | boruðu | boraða | boruðu | boruðu | boruðu | |
| dative (þágufall) |
boraða | boruðu | boraða | boruðu | boruðu | boruðu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
boraða | boruðu | boraða | boruðu | boruðu | boruðu | |
boraður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
Etymology 2
From Old Norse bora, from bora (“to drill”), from borr (“drill”).
Noun
bora f (genitive singular boru, nominative plural borur)
Declension
Declension of bora (feminine)
Etymology 3
Noun
bora m
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bora f (plural bore)
- bora (north-eastern wind)
Anagrams
Ladino
Etymology
From Greek βορράς (vorrás, “north; violent north wind”), from Ancient Greek Βορρᾶς (Borrhâs).
Noun
bora f
- storm, torrential rain, gust of wind
Further reading
Latvian
Noun
bora m
Northern Sami
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
bōra
Inflection
| Even a-stem, no gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bōra | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | bōra | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | bōra | bōrat | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | bōra | bōraid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | bōra | bōraid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | bōrii | bōraide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | bōras | bōrain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | bōrain | bōraiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | bōran | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
bora
- inflection of borrat:
Northern Sotho
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà.
Noun
bora
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
bora n
Verb
bora
- inflection of bore:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Noun
bora n or m
Old English
Verb
bora
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *burōną (“to drill, pierce, bore”).
Verb
bora
- to bore
Conjugation
| infinitive | bora | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | borandi | |
| past participle | boraðr | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | bora | boraða |
| 2nd-person singular | borar | boraðir |
| 3rd-person singular | borar | boraði |
| 1st-person plural | borum | boruðum |
| 2nd-person plural | borið | boruðuð |
| 3rd-person plural | bora | boruðu |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | bora | boraða |
| 2nd-person singular | borir | boraðir |
| 3rd-person singular | bori | boraði |
| 1st-person plural | borim | boraðim |
| 2nd-person plural | borið | boraðið |
| 3rd-person plural | bori | boraði |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | bora | |
| 1st-person plural | borum | |
| 2nd-person plural | borið | |
Conjugation of bora — active (weak class 2)
| infinitive | borask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | borandisk | |
| past participle | borazk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | borumk | boruðumk |
| 2nd-person singular | borask | boraðisk |
| 3rd-person singular | borask | boraðisk |
| 1st-person plural | borumsk | boruðumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | borizk | boruðuzk |
| 3rd-person plural | borask | boruðusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | borumk | boruðumk |
| 2nd-person singular | borisk | boraðisk |
| 3rd-person singular | borisk | boraðisk |
| 1st-person plural | borimsk | boraðimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | borizk | boraðizk |
| 3rd-person plural | borisk | boraðisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | borask | |
| 1st-person plural | borumsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | borizk | |
Conjugation of bora — mediopassive (weak class 2)
Descendants
Noun
bora f (genitive boru, plural borur)
Declension
Descendants
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bore f
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
bora
- inflection of borr:
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
Etymology
From Old Norse bora, from Proto-Germanic *burōną.
Verb
bora
Conjugation
| present | past | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bora | — | |||
| participle | borandi, -e | boraþer | |||
| active voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | borar | bori, -e | — | boraþi, -e | boraþi, -e |
| þū | borar | bori, -e | bora | boraþi, -e | boraþi, -e |
| han | borar | bori, -e | — | boraþi, -e | boraþi, -e |
| vīr | borum, -om | borum, -om | borum, -om | boraþum, -om | boraþum, -om |
| īr | borin | borin | borin | boraþin | boraþin |
| þēr | bora | borin | — | boraþu, -o | boraþin |
| mediopassive voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | boras | boris, -es | — | boraþis, -es | boraþis, -es |
| þū | boras | boris, -es | — | boraþis, -es | boraþis, -es |
| han | boras | boris, -es | — | boraþis, -es | boraþis, -es |
| vīr | borums, -oms | borums, -oms | — | boraþums, -oms | boraþums, -oms |
| īr | borins | borins | — | boraþins | boraþins |
| þēr | boras | borins | — | boraþus, -os | boraþins |
Conjugation of bora (weak)
Descendants
- Swedish: borra
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bo‧ra
Interjection
bora
Particle
bora
- (informal) hortative and cohortative particle; let's
- Synonym: vamos
- Bora comprar algo para comer? ― How about we buy something to eat?
Romanian
Pronunciation
Verb
bora
Romansch
Alternative forms
Noun
bora f (plural boras)
Synonyms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) balla
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
bóra f (Cyrillic spelling бо́ра)
Declension
Declension of bora
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi बड़ा (baṛā, “large, great, massive; important; very”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
bora (invariable)
Derived terms
Tswana
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà.
Noun
bora class 14 (plural mara)
Turkish
Yoruba
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