kora

From Bambara kɔ́ra.

kora (plural koras)

1. (music) A type of harp played in West Africa.
   • 2009 April 17, The New York Times, “Pop Listings”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     He is performing here with his Symmetric Orchestra, an ensemble of West African musicians who play both traditional instruments (kora, balafon, bolombatto, djembe) and slightly more contemporary ones (guitars, keyboards).

• koraist

• kora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• kora-kora (etymologically unrelated)

• akro-, okra

From koro (“heart”) +‎ -a (adjectival suffix).

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• IPA^(key): [ˈkora]
• Rhymes: -ora
• Hyphenation: ko‧ra

kora (accusative singular koran, plural koraj, accusative plural korajn)

1. relating to the heart; cardiac
2. heartfelt, cordial

• IPA^(key): [ˈkorɒ]
• Hyphenation: ko‧ra
• Homophone: Cora (hypermarket in Hungary between 1997 and 2012)
• Rhymes: -rɒ

Back-formation from korán (“early”).

kora (comparative (archaic) korább, superlative (archaic) legkorább)

1. early (near the start or beginning)

   kora nyár ― early summer

2. early (at a time in advance of the usual or expected event)

   kora halál ― an early death

• korai

(Compound words):

• koraszülött

kor (“age”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

kora

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

   az ő kora ― his/her age

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kora	—
accusative	korát	—
dative	korának	—
instrumental	korával	—
causal-final	koráért	—
translative	korává	—
terminative	koráig	—
essive-formal	koraként	—
essive-modal	korául	—
inessive	korában	—
superessive	korán	—
adessive	koránál	—
illative	korába	—
sublative	korára	—
allative	korához	—
elative	korából	—
delative	koráról	—
ablative	korától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	koráé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	koráéi	—

• korabeli
• kori (Etymology 2)

• kora in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

kora

1. Rōmaji transcription of コラ
2. Rōmaji transcription of こら

kora m

1. genitive singular of koris

kora n

1. definite singular of kor

• (noun): IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.rɑ/
• (verb): IPA^(key): /²kuː.rɑ/

kora n

1. definite singular of kor

kora (present tense korar, past tense kora, past participle kora, passive infinitive korast, present participle korande, imperative kora/kor)

1. alternative form of kore

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: ko‧ra

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kora. Doublet of skóra, szer, and szkier.

kora f

1. bark (of trees)
2. crust
3. cortex

kora f

1. (sculpture) kore

kora f

1. kora (string instrument)

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

-kóra (infinitive gukóra, perfective -kóze)

1. do
2. work
3. fix

• -koresha
• umukozi

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kora.

• IPA^(key): /kôra/
• Hyphenation: ko‧ra

kȍra f (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ра)

1. bark (of trees)
2. crust

• “kora”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Inherited from Old Swedish kora, from Middle Low German koren. Cognate of Norwegian Bokmål kåre. From Proto-Germanic *kuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-. Compare origin of kurfurste, tjusa, villkor.

• IPA^(key): /koːra/, /kuːra/

kora (present korar, preterite korade, supine korat, imperative kora)

1. choose, appoint

• kora in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kora in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kora in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kora in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

kora

1. dative singular of kor

Borrowed from Polish kara.

kora f

1. punishment

   Synonym: śtröf

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

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkorɑ/, [ˈkorɑ]
• Rhymes: -orɑ
• Hyphenation: ko‧ra

kora

1. woodpecker

Declension of kora (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kora	korad
genitive	kora	korijõ, korii
partitive	korra	koriitõ, korii
illative	korrasõ, korra	koriisõ
inessive	koraz	koriiz
elative	korassõ	koriissõ
allative	koralõ	koriilõ
adessive	korallõ	koriillõ
ablative	koraltõ	koriiltõ
translative	korassi	koriissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kora”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn