bori

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (borı, “horn; natural trumpet”)^[1]

Noun

bori f (plural bori)

1. bugle
2. trumpet

References

Etymology

From English bore and German bohren.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbori]

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• Rhymes: -ori
• Hyphenation: bo‧ri

Verb

bori (present boras, past boris, future boros, conditional borus, volitive boru)

1. to bore (make a hole in)
2. to drill

Conjugation

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Conjugation of bori

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		boras		boris		boros
active participle		boranta	borantaj	borinta	borintaj	boronta	borontaj
	acc.	borantan	borantajn	borintan	borintajn	borontan	borontajn
passive participle		borata	borataj	borita	boritaj	borota	borotaj
	acc.	boratan	boratajn	boritan	boritajn	borotan	borotajn
nominal active participle		boranto	borantoj	borinto	borintoj	boronto	borontoj
	acc.	boranton	borantojn	borinton	borintojn	boronton	borontojn
nominal passive participle		borato	boratoj	borito	boritoj	boroto	borotoj
	acc.	boraton	boratojn	boriton	boritojn	boroton	borotojn
adverbial active participle		borante		borinte		boronte
adverbial passive participle		borate		borite		borote
		infinitive	bori	imperative	boru	conditional	borus

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bòː.ɽíː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bòː.ɽíː]

Noun

bṑrī m (possessed form bṑrin)

1. animistic spirit possession religion

Verb

bori

1. first-person singular active present subjunctive of bora
2. third-person singular active present subjunctive of bora
3. third-person plural active present subjunctive of bora

Verb

bori

1. inflection of boriarsi:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• biro, brio, brio-, orbi

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology

Three etymologies have been proposed:

1. Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀳𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀆 (vahuliā),^[1] from Sanskrit वधूटी (vadhūṭī).^[1][2]
2. Inherited from Sanskrit व्यवहारिका (vyavahārikā, “female servant”).^[2][3]
3. Borrowed from Iranian.^[4]

Noun

bori f (nominative plural borǎ)

1. bride,^[1][5] newly-wed woman^[5]
2. daughter-in-law^[1][5][6]
3. sister-in-law^[1]

See also

• sastro
• sasuj
• ʒamutro

References

Further reading

• Milena Hübschmannová (2002 September) “Bori (Daughter in law)”, in ROMBASE Cultural Database‎, Prague, archived from the original on 19 October 2021
• Carol Silverman (2012 May) “Transnational Celebrations”, in Romani Routes: Cultural Politics & Balkan Music in Diaspora‎, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 85
• “Bori”, in RomArchive‎, (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on October 20, 2021

Verb

a bori (third-person singular present borie, past participle borit) 4th conjugation

1. Obsolete form of borî.

References

• bori in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Etymology

From English boil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ri/

Verb

bori

1. to cook
   • 2002, “A dei di mi bron misrefi”, in SIL - Languages of Suriname‎:

     A ben de so taki wan dei mi mama ben bori okro.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to boil

Etymology

Cognate with Galela bori, Tobelo bori, Pagu bori, all possibly loans from Ternate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ɾi/

Noun

bori

1. the plant Anamirta cocculus; its seeds are crushed to make a fish poison

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Etymology

Compare East Makian bolit (“to sharpen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ri/

Verb

bori

1. (transitive) to sharpen

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics