bora
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English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Gamilaraay būru.
Alternative forms [edit]
Noun [edit]
bora (plural boras)
- A initiation ceremony for males among the Aborigines of New South Wales.
Synonyms [edit]
Quotations [edit]
- 1873, William Ridley, Report on Australian Languages and Traditions, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 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, Vol. 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...
Etymology 2 [edit]
Perhaps from a dialectal form of Italian borea (“north wind”), from Latin Boreās.
Noun [edit]
bora (uncountable)
- 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 2007, p. 650:
- When the bora blew down from the mountains, announcing the winter, would he ride it on out of town?
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 650:
Translations [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
Icelandic [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Old Norse bora (“to drill”), from borr (“drill”) (Icelandic bor).
Verb [edit]
bora weak verb (third person singular past indicative boraði, supine borað)
- (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to bore, drill
Conjugation [edit]
bora — active voice (germynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að bora | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
borað | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
borandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) |
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| 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. | |||||
| 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 |
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| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) |
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| 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. | |||||
boraður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
| strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
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| 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) |
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| 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 | |
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Old Norse bora, from bora (“to drill”), from borr (“drill”).
Noun [edit]
bora f (genitive singular boru, plural borur)
Declension [edit]
declension of bora
Latvian [edit]
Noun [edit]
bora m
- genitive singular form of bors
Norwegian [edit]
Verb [edit]
bora
Old English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From the verb beran.
Noun [edit]
bora m
- bearer (only attested in compounds)
Romansch [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- (Sutsilvan) bura
Noun [edit]
bora f (plural boras)
Synonyms [edit]
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) balla
Serbo-Croatian [edit]
Noun [edit]
bóra f (Cyrillic spelling бо́ра)
Declension [edit]
declension of bora
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bora | bore |
| genitive | bore | bora |
| dative | bori | borama |
| accusative | boru | bore |
| vocative | boro | bore |
| locative | bori | borama |
| instrumental | borom | borama |
Swahili [edit]
Adjective [edit]
bora
Turkish [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Noun [edit]
bora
- dative singular form of bor
Etymology 2 [edit]
Noun [edit]
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- rm:Sports
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