ora

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ora, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ora, borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́raH (compare Sanskrit आरा (ā́rā)),^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ólos (compare Old Norse alr, English awl). Cognate with Inari Sami oari, Erzya уро (uro), Moksha ура (ura) and Hungarian ár.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈorɑ/, [ˈo̞rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -orɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ora

Noun

ora

1. thorn
2. pendant, tooth-like or spine-like spore producing projections in the basidiocarps of the hydnoid fungi

References

Further reading

• “ora”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• aro

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ora, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin hōra (“hour”). Doublet of hora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔɾɐ]

Adverb

ora

1. now

   Synonym: agora

Conjunction

ora … ora

1. sometimes … sometimes

   Ora rin, ora choran ― Sometimes they laugh, others they cry

Interjection

ora!

1. stop!

Verb

ora

1. inflection of orar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ora”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ora”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology

From Italian ora.

Adverb

ora

1. now

   Synonym: nunc

Etymology 1

From Latin hōra (“hour”), from ὥρα (hṓra, “hour”).

Etymology 2

From Latin hōrā, ablative case of hōra (“hour”).

Etymology 3

From Latin aura, from αὔρα (aúra, “breeze, soft wind”). Doublet of the borrowing aura.

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• ora in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• ora in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• ora in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• ora in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• ora in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• -aro, aro, arò

Romanization

ora

1. Rōmaji transcription of おら

Etymology

From *wora, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada (“to be, to appear”). This adverb had been originally used to meant "it appears that someone is (not) doing something". However, the notion has been lost as it was completely integrated to the standard language and acquired the default current meaning of "not". It is similar to aggressive mood in colloquial Finnish (see also Jespersen's cycle). Cognates include Indonesian ada, Aklanon waea', and Tagalog wala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ora]
• This word is an apparent exception to the rounding of final -a to [ɔ].

Adverb

ora

1. not

Particle

ora

1. no

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Pronunciation

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Verb

ora

1. To live.

Etymology

From Latin hōra.

Noun

ora f (plural ores)

1. hour

Preposition

ora

1. except

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ora, hora, from Latin hōra (“hour”).

Noun

ora f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אורה)^[1]

1. hour (sixty minutes)
2. watch (timepiece)

   Synonym: saat

References

Etymology 1

Unknown; possibly related to Hittite 𒅕𒄩𒀸 (er-ḫa-aš /⁠erḫaš⁠/, “line, boundary”), Latvian āra, perhaps all from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erh₂- (“border, line”).^[1][2]

Etymology 2

Inflected form of ōs (“mouth”).

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

References

• “ora”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ora”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ora 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)
• ora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to hug the coast: oram legere (Liv. 21. 51)
    
  • to land (of ships): appelli (ad oram) (Att. 13. 21)
    
  • (ambiguous) to draw every one's eyes upon one: omnium oculos (et ora) ad se convertere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be in every one's mouth: per omnium ora ferri
    
  • (ambiguous) to be a subject for gossip: in ora vulgi abire
    
  • (ambiguous) the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert
    
• “ora”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ora”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Alternative forms

• óra, hora

Etymology

From Portuguese hora.

Noun

ora (plural ora-ora)

1. hour, o'clock

   Cinco-óra, assí ― Around five o'clock

2. (countable) occasion, time

   têm ora ― there are times; sometimes

3. (uncountable) time

   Desde qui ora? ― Since when? (literally, “Since what time?”)

   unchinho-unchinho ora ― a little time

4. (by extension) it's time to (+ verb)

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada (“to exist”). Cognate with Malay ada (“to have, to exist, to be”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɾa/

Verb

ora

1. to exist
2. to be alive, well, safe, cured, recovered, healthy
3. to survive

Noun

ora

1. life
2. existence

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haʀəzan.

Noun

ora

1. ladder
2. stairs

Alternative forms

• oren m sg

Noun

ora f sg

1. definite feminine singular of or

Alternative forms

• oren m sg

Noun

ora f sg

1. definite feminine singular of or

Alternative forms

• ouro (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Latin hōra (“hour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uro]

• Audio:

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Noun

ora f (plural oras)

1. hour (period of 60 minutes)
2. time (of day), hour

   Quina ora es?

   What time is it?

See also

• minuta
• segonda

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Noun

ōra n

1. ear

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoː.rɑ/

Etymology 1

Uncertain; possibly from ār (“ore, brass, copper”) and influenced by Proto-West Germanic *ōrikalk (“copper ore, brass”) (whence Old High German ōrkalk), borrowed from Latin orichalcum (“copper ore, brass”). Perhaps compare Low German Ur, Uurt, Uhr, Urt (“compact, reddish, iron-bearing soil”), Early Modern Dutch oor, oore (“mine; lead ore; vein bearing lead and silver”).^[1]

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin ōra (“shore”).

Further reading

• Hawkins, Jillian (2020) “Words and Swords: People and Power along the Solent in the 5th Century”, in Langlands, Alexander James, Lavelle, Ryan, editors, The Land of the English Kin: Studies in Wessex and Anglo-Saxon England in Honour of Professor Barbara Yorke (Brill's Series on the Early Middle Ages; 26), →DOI, pages 50–69

References

Etymology

From the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, whence also Old English ēare and English ear, Old Norse eyra (“ear”), Old Dutch ōra (“ear”), Old Saxon ōra (“ear”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoː.ra/

Noun

ōra n

1. ear (organ of hearing)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from Proto-Germanic *ausô, whence also Old Frisian āre, Old English ēare and English ear, Old Norse eyra (“ear”), Old Dutch ōra (“ear”), Old High German ōra (“ear”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Noun

ōra n

1. ear

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अवर (avara), a comparative formation whose base survives as ava- or o- (“down”).^[1]

Adjective

ora

1. lower

References

Etymology

From Portuguese hora and Spanish hora and Kabuverdianu óra.

Noun

ora

1. time
2. hour

Pronoun

ora

1. when

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: o‧ra

Verb

ora

1. (proscribed) third-person singular present of orać

   Synonym: (standard) orze

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɾɐ
• Homophone: hora
• Hyphenation: o‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ora, from Latin hōra (“hour”). Doublet of hora.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola, from Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Verb

ora

1. live

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/

Noun

ora

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of oră

Noun

ora f

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) aura (“weather”)

Etymology

Apheresis of ahora (“now”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɾa/ [ˈo.ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: o‧ra

Conjunction

ora ... ora ...

1. now (something), now something else; sometimes something, sometimes something else; at times something, at times something else (used to introduce opposing ideas)

   Tomando ora la espada, ora la pluma.

   Taking at times the sword, at times the pen.

   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     Daba grandes tumbos a babor y estribor, mostrando ora la horrible panza, ora la cubierta en desorden, negra y húmeda, las escotillas, el cajón de la máquina […]

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Verb

ora

1. inflection of orar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “ora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hora (“hour; time”). Doublet of oras.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔoɾa/ [ˈʔoː.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: o‧ra

Noun

ora (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇ)

1. hour (only in certain expressions)

   Synonym: oras

Anagrams

• Roa

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola.

Verb

ora

1. live

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اورا, equivalent to o (“that”) +‎ -ra.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Pronoun

ora

1. there

   o durmadan oraya giderdi. ― they would always go there.

   Evi orada. ― Their home is there.

   Evi orası. ― Their home is over there.

   Oranın yemeğine bayılıyorum. ― I can't get enough of the food there.

   Kedimiz oradan gelmiştir. ― Our cat comes from there

   Orayı seviyorum. ― I love that place.

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