bora

See also: Bora, bóra, böra, borā, bora-, and Borá

English

Etymology 1

From Gamilaraay būru.

Alternative forms

• Bora

Noun

bora (plural boras)

1. A initiation ceremony for males among the Aborigines of New South Wales.
   • 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...

Synonyms

• burbung

Derived terms

• bora ground

Etymology 2

Perhaps from a dialectal form of Italian borea (“north wind”), from Latin Boreās.

Noun

bora

1. 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?

Translations

wind

• Croatian: bura (sh) f
• Friulian: buere f, bure f
• Hungarian: bóra (hu)
• Italian: bora f
• Slovene: burja f
• Venetian: bora (vec) f

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: bora
• Polish: bora (pl) f

Anagrams

• Abor, Baro, baro-, boar, broa

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Chibcha

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Spanish bola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βoɾa/

Noun

bora

1. ball

References

• Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

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Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bóː.ɽàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bóː.ɽàː]

Noun

bōrā̀ f (possessed form bōràr̃)

1. less-favored wife, wife who is not her husband's favorite

See also

• mōwā̀

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Hungarian

Etymology

bor +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈborɒ]
• Hyphenation: bo‧ra

Noun

bora

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	bora	—
accusative	borát	—
dative	borának	—
instrumental	borával	—
causal-final	boráért	—
translative	borává	—
terminative	boráig	—
essive-formal	boraként	—
essive-modal	borául	—
inessive	borában	—
superessive	borán	—
adessive	boránál	—
illative	borába	—
sublative	borára	—
allative	borához	—
elative	borából	—
delative	boráról	—
ablative	borától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	boráé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	boráéi	—

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːra/
• Rhymes: -ɔːra

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bora (“to drill”), from borr (“drill”) (Icelandic bor).

Verb

bora (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative boraði, supine borað)

1. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to bore, drill

Conjugation

bora — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að bora
supine (sagnbót)		borað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		borandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
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.

borast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

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
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
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)
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)
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

From Old Norse bora, from bora (“to drill”), from borr (“drill”).

Noun

bora f (genitive singular boru, nominative plural borur)

1. hole (small and undesirable abode)
2. butthole (anus)

Etymology 3

Noun

bora m

1. indefinite accusative/genitive plural of bor

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Italian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin borea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Hyphenation: bò‧ra

Noun

bora f (plural bore)

1. bora (north-eastern wind)

Anagrams

• Orba, baro, baro-, barò, orba, roba

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Ladino

Etymology

From Greek βορράς (vorrás, “north; violent north wind”), from Ancient Greek Βορρᾶς (Borrhâs).

Noun

bora f (Latin spelling)

1. storm, torrential rain, gust of wind

Further reading

• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “bóra”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 96

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Latvian

Noun

bora m

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular form of bors

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Northern Sami

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Norwegian bor.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpoːra/

Noun

bōra

1. boron

Inflection

Even a-stem, no gradation
Nominative	bōra
Genitive	bōra
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bōra	bōrat
Accusative	bōra	bōraid
Genitive	bōra	bōraid
Illative	bōrii	bōraide
Locative	bōras	bōrain
Comitative	bōrain	bōraiguin
Essive	bōran
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person bōran bōrame bōramet 2nd person bōrat bōrade bōradet 3rd person bōras bōraska bōraset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpora/

Verb

bora

1. inflection of borrat:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

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Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà.

Noun

bora

1. bow

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (of bor) borene n or m (Etymology 2)
• (of bore) boret

Noun

bora n

1. definite neuter plural of bor (Etymology 2)

Verb

bora

1. inflection of bore:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• borane

Noun

bora n or m

1. definite neuter plural of bor (Etymology 2)

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *burōną (“to drill, pierce, bore”).

Verb

bora

1. to bore

Conjugation

Conjugation of bora — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	bora
present participle	borandi
past participle	boraðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	bora	boraða
2nd-person singular	borar	boraðir
3rd-person singular	borar	boraði
1st-person plural	borum	boruðum
2nd-person plural	borið	boruðuð
3rd-person plural	bora	boruðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	bora	boraða
2nd-person singular	borir	boraðir
3rd-person singular	bori	boraði
1st-person plural	borim	boraðim
2nd-person plural	borið	boraðið
3rd-person plural	bori	boraði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	bora
1st-person plural	borum
2nd-person plural	borið

Conjugation of bora — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	borask
present participle	borandisk
past participle	borazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	borumk	boruðumk
2nd-person singular	borask	boraðisk
3rd-person singular	borask	boraðisk
1st-person plural	borumsk	boruðumsk
2nd-person plural	borizk	boruðuzk
3rd-person plural	borask	boruðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	borumk	boruðumk
2nd-person singular	borisk	boraðisk
3rd-person singular	borisk	boraðisk
1st-person plural	borimsk	boraðimsk
2nd-person plural	borizk	boraðizk
3rd-person plural	borisk	boraðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	borask
1st-person plural	borumsk
2nd-person plural	borizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: bora
• Faroese: bora
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bore
• Norwegian Bokmål: bore
• Old Swedish: bora, bura
  • Swedish: borra
• Danish: bore
• Gutnish: bure, bur', bura

Noun

bora f (genitive boru, plural borur)

1. a drilling hole

Declension

  Declension of bora (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bora	boran	borur	borurnar
accusative	boru	boruna	borur	borurnar
dative	boru	borunni	borum	borunum
genitive	boru	borunnar	borna	bornanna

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: bore f

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bora

1. inflection of borr:
   1. indefinite accusative plural
   2. indefinite genitive plural

References

• “bora”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• bura

Etymology

From Old Norse bora, from Proto-Germanic *burōną.

Verb

bora

1. to drill, penetrate

Conjugation

Conjugation of bora (weak)

	present			past
infinitive	bora			—
participle	borandi, -e			boraþer
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	borar	bori, -e	—	boraþi, -e	boraþi, -e
þū	borar	bori, -e	bora	boraþi, -e	boraþi, -e
han	borar	bori, -e	—	boraþi, -e	boraþi, -e
vīr	borum, -om	borum, -om	borum, -om	boraþum, -om	boraþum, -om
īr	borin	borin	borin	boraþin	boraþin
þēr	bora	borin	—	boraþu, -o	boraþin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	boras	boris, -es	—	boraþis, -es	boraþis, -es
þū	boras	boris, -es	—	boraþis, -es	boraþis, -es
han	boras	boris, -es	—	boraþis, -es	boraþis, -es
vīr	borums, -oms	borums, -oms	—	boraþums, -oms	boraþums, -oms
īr	borins	borins	—	boraþins	boraþins
þēr	boras	borins	—	boraþus, -os	boraþins

Descendants

• Swedish: borra

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Portuguese

Etymology

Short for embora. From the phrase vamos embora.

Interjection

1. let's go

   Bora lá! ― Let's go there!

   Synonyms: vamos, vamos lá, vamo, vamo lá, vambora

2. let's

   Bora comer! ― Let's eat!

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [boˈra]

Verb

bora

1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of borî

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan) bura

Noun

bora f (plural boras)

1. (sports, Surmiran) ball

Synonyms

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bóra f (Cyrillic spelling бо́ра)

1. wrinkle
2. (geology) fold

Declension

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

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Swahili

Etymology

From Hindi बड़ा (baṛā, “large, great, massive; important; very”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Adjective

bora (invariable)

1. fine, excellent
2. better
3. best

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • ubora

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Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà.

Noun

bora class 14 (plural mara)

1. bow

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Turkish

Etymology 1

Noun

bora

1. dative singular of bor

Etymology 2

Possibly a derivation from Proto-Turkic *bora- (“north wind; to snow heavily”) . Cognate with Crimean Tatar and Turkmen boran, Bashkir буран (buran), Kazakh боран (boran). Or a wanderword, compare Italian bora, ultimately from Latin borea and, Greek μπόρα (mpóra). The same root as bora is found in the name of the Greek mythological figure of Boreas (Βορέας). Scholars argue, the Serbo-Croatian name bura and Slovene burja are not etymologically related to bora; they derive from Common Slavic burja 'storm' (from the verb *burĭti), and the meaning 'bora' developed later.

Noun

bora (definite accusative borayı, plural boralar)

1. (meteorology) squall.
2. (often nautical) more specifically the bora is a northerly to north-easterly katabatic wind. Regardless of its direction, it can gather a hurricane-strength, thus it is a storm too.

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From , from borr (“drill”) (Westrobothnian ).

Pronunciation

• (Kalix)
• (Skellefteå)
• (Umeå)

Verb

1. to bore, drill

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Yoruba

Etymology 1

From bó (“to peel”) +‎ ara (“body”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bó.ɾā/

Verb

bóra

1. (transitive) to bleach one's skin; to lighten one's skin
2. (literal) to peel one's body

Derived terms

• ìbóra (“skin bleaching”)

Etymology 2

From bo (“to cover”) +‎ ara (“body”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bō.ɾā/

Verb

bora

1. to cover the body