bori

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See also: boeri, Bori, borî, boʻri, böri, бори, боьри, бөрі, बोरी, and ბორი

Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From bri (“horn”). Alternatively from *bjeri, an alternate form of bie, meaning to play an instrument.

Noun[edit]

bori m (indefinite plural bori, definite singular boria, definite plural boritë)

  1. trumpet
  2. (music) horn

Declension[edit]

declension of bori
indefinite forms
(trajta të pashquara) 		definite forms
(trajta të shquara)
singular
(numri njëjës) 		plural
(numri shumës) 		singular
(numri njëjës) 		plural
(numri shumës)
nominative
(emërore) 		bori bori boria boritë
accusative
(kallëzore) 		bori bori borinë boritë
genitive
(gjinore)
(i/e/të/së) 		borie borive borisë borive
dative
(dhanore) 		borie borive borisë borive
ablative
(rrjedhore) 		borie borish borisë borive

Related terms[edit]

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English bore and German bohren.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈbori]
  • Audio:
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  • Rhymes: -ori
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ri

Verb[edit]

bori (present boras, past boris, future boros, conditional borus, volitive boru)

  1. to bore (make a hole in)
  2. to drill

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of bori
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense boras boris boros
active participle boranta borantaj borinta borintaj boronta borontaj
acc. borantan borantajn borintan borintajn borontan borontajn
passive participle borata borataj borita boritaj borota borotaj
acc. boratan boratajn boritan boritajn borotan borotajn
nominal active participle boranto borantoj borinto borintoj boronto borontoj
acc. boranton borantojn borinton borintojn boronton borontojn
nominal passive participle borato boratoj borito boritoj boroto borotoj
acc. boraton boratojn boriton boritojn boroton borotojn
adverbial active participle borante borinte boronte
adverbial passive participle borate borite borote
infinitive bori imperative boru conditional borus

Derived terms[edit]

  • trabori (“to pierce, puncture”)

Hausa[edit]

Practioners of bori in the roles of various spirits (photographed in 1914).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bòː.ɽíː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bòː.ɽíː]

Noun[edit]

bṑrī m (possessed form bṑrin)

  1. animistic spirit possession religion

Icelandic[edit]

Verb[edit]

bori

  1. first-person singular active present subjunctive of bora
  2. third-person singular active present subjunctive of bora
  3. third-person plural active present subjunctive of bora

Italian[edit]

Verb[edit]

bori

  1. inflection of boriarsi:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Participle[edit]

bori

  1. (non-standard since 2012) feminine of boren
  2. (non-standard since 2012) neuter of boren

Verb[edit]

bori

  1. (non-standard since 2012) supine of bera and bere

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

bori n

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of bor

Romani[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Three etymologies have been proposed:

  1. Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀳𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀆 (vahuliā),[1] from Sanskrit वधूटी (vadhūṭī).[1][2]
  2. Inherited from Sanskrit ৱ্যৱহাৰিকা (vyavahārikā, “female servant”).[2][3]
  3. Borrowed from Iranian.[4]

Noun[edit]

bori f (nominative plural borǎ)

  1. bride,[1][5] newly-wed woman[5]
  2. daughter-in-law[1][5][6]
  3. sister-in-law[1]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “borí”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 34b
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vadhūṭī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 656
  3. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vyavahārikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 705
  4. ^ Yaron Matras (2002), “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 26
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Marcel Courthiade (2009), “i/e bor/i, -ǎ ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, pages 90b-91a
  6. ^ Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “bori”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, OCLC 1267332830, page 22

Further reading[edit]

  • Milena Hübschmannová (September 2002), “Bori (Daughter in law)”, in ROMBASE Cultural Database‎[2], Prague, archived from the original on 19 October 2021, retrieved 21 October 2021
  • Carol Silverman (May 2012), “Transnational Celebrations”, in Romani Routes: Cultural Politics & Balkan Music in Diaspora‎[3], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 85
  • “Bori”, in RomArchive‎[4], (please provide a date or year), archived from the original on October 20, 2021

Sranan Tongo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English boil.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

bori

  1. to cook or boil

Descendants[edit]

  • → Dutch: borie

Ternate[edit]

bori

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bori

  1. the plant Anamirta cocculus; its seeds are crushed to make a fish poison

References[edit]

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

West Makian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

bori

  1. (transitive) to sharpen

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of bori (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tobori mobori abori
2nd person nobori fobori
3rd person inanimate ibori dobori
animate
imperative nobori, bori fobori, bori

References[edit]

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[5], Pacific linguistics
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