bira

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Barngarla[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Cognate with Yankunytjatjara piṟa.

Noun[edit]

bira

  1. moon

Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bira

  1. plucked

References[edit]

Basque[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /biɾa/ [bi.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -iɾa
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ra

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

bira inan

  1. turn
  2. half turn
  3. tour (a journey through a list of places)
  4. (physics) revolution, rotation
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

bira

  1. Third-person plural (haiek) present imperative form of izan.
    Synonym: bitez
Usage notes[edit]

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edin instead of izan.

Etymology 3[edit]

Numeral[edit]

bira

  1. allative singular of bi

Further reading[edit]

  • "bira" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • bira” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish virar.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: bi‧ra
  • IPA(key): /biˈɾa/, [bɪˈɾ̪a]

Verb[edit]

birá

  1. to pull
    Synonym: bitad
  2. to beat up
    Synonym: pawo
  3. (slang) to have sex
    Synonym: iyot
  4. (slang) an affirmative response to an invite.

Chichewa[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

birá class 1a (plural abirá class 2)

  1. sheep
    Synonym: nkhosa

Cimbrian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian birra, from German Bier. Doublet of bir.

Noun[edit]

bira f

  1. (Luserna) beer

References[edit]

Indonesian[edit]

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Noun[edit]

bira (first-person possessive biraku, second-person possessive biramu, third-person possessive biranya)

  1. giant taro, elephant ear taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos)

Interlingua[edit]

Interlingua Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun[edit]

bira (plural biras)

  1. beer

Jamamadí[edit]

Noun[edit]

bira

  1. (Banawá) battery (device storing electricity)

References[edit]

Kabuverdianu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese virar.

Verb[edit]

bira

  1. to turn

Northern Kurdish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bira

  1. as a brother

Noun[edit]

bira ? (plural birayên)

  1. brother

Related terms[edit]

Old High German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Monastic borrowing from Medieval Latin pira. The earlier Proto-West Germanic *peru would have yielded Old High German *phera.

Noun[edit]

bira f

  1. pear

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle High German: bir, bire, pir
    • Alemannic German: Biire
    • Bavarian: Birn
    • German: Birne
    • Hunsrik: Bern
    • Luxembourgish: Bir
    • Vilamovian: biyn
    • Yiddish: באַר (bar)

Papiamentu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese virar and Kabuverdianu bira.

Verb[edit]

bira

  1. to turn
  2. to bend

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps borrowed from Venetian bira.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bira f (plural biras)

  1. (South Brazil) beer
    Bora tomar uma bira lá!
    Let's take a beer (drink) there!

Further reading[edit]

  • "Bira" on Dicionário Informal

Rukai[edit]

Noun[edit]

bira

  1. fart sound

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Venetian bira or Italian birra.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bira f (Cyrillic spelling бира)

  1. (Chakavian) beer

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Bier through the Månsing slang.

Noun[edit]

bira c

  1. (slang) a (glass, bottle, or can of) beer; brewsky.
    knäcka en bira
    crack a beer

Declension[edit]

Declension of bira 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bira biran biror birorna
Genitive biras birans birors birornas

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Tabaru[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from Austronesian; compare Proto-Sangiric *biʀas ("rice")

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bira

  1. rice

References[edit]

  • Edward A. Kotynski (1988), “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish virar (to veer).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: bi‧ra
  • IPA(key): /biˈɾa/, [bɪˈɾa]

Noun[edit]

birá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ)

  1. strong or violent pull or tug
  2. severe beating by way of chastisement
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish vida (life). Doublet of bida.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: bi‧ra
  • IPA(key): /ˈbiɾa/, [ˈbi.ɾɐ]

Noun[edit]

bira (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ) (endearing, obsolete)

  1. a term of endearment used for young children

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: bi‧ra
  • IPA(key): /ˈbiɾaʔ/, [ˈbi.ɾɐʔ]

Noun[edit]

birà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ) (obsolete)

  1. Alternative form of dira

Further reading[edit]

Ternate[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from Austronesian; compare Proto-Sangiric *biʀas ("rice"). Compare to Indonesian beras.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bira (Jawi بيراة)

  1. rice (cooked or uncooked)

References[edit]

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Italian birra.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈbi.ɾɑ]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

bira (definite accusative birayı, plural biralar)

  1. beer

Usage notes[edit]

  • The plural form is mainly used when referring to types of beer.

Declension[edit]

Inflection
Nominative bira
Definite accusative birayı
Singular Plural
Nominative bira biralar
Definite accusative birayı biraları
Dative biraya biralara
Locative birada biralarda
Ablative biradan biralardan
Genitive biranın biraların

Derived terms[edit]

Venetian[edit]

Noun[edit]

bira f (plural bire)

  1. beer