bura

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See also bură, and búra

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Dalmatian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Probably ultimately from Latin boreas. Compare Italian borea, Romanian bură, Venetian bura.

Noun [edit]

bura f

  1. north wind

Gamilaraay [edit]

Noun [edit]

bura

  1. bone

Hausa [edit]

Noun [edit]

būrā f

  1. penis

Hungarian [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈbuːrɒ/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ra

Noun [edit]

bura (plural burák)

  1. lampshade

Declension [edit]


Indonesian [edit]

Verb [edit]

bura

  1. to spit (said of snakes)

Romansch [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Noun [edit]

bura f (plural buras)

  1. (sports, Sutsilvan) ball

Synonyms [edit]

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) balla

Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Slavic *bur'a, akin to Bulgarian and Russian буря, Slovene burja, Slovak búrka and búrať (to crush). Non-Slavic cognates include Old Norse byrr (fair wind), Latin furo (I rage, rave), Sanskrit भुरति (bhurati, to stir, palpitate).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /bûra/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ra

Noun [edit]

bȕra f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ра)

  1. bora (wind)
    Bura jača. - The bora is growing strong.
    Bura slabi. - The bora is growing weak.
  2. (figuratively) an event that causes much stir, passion and changes
    Njen dolazak je izazvao buru negodovanja. - Her arrival caused a lot of disapproval.

Declension [edit]


Tagalog [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From the Spanish borrar (to erase).

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

magbura

  1. to erase

See also [edit]