bursa

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See also: Bursa, bursą, and Bursą

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bursa (“purse”), from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa); compare purse and bourse, which are doublets.

Noun[edit]

bursa (plural bursae or bursæ)

  1. (anatomy) Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.

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Indonesian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈbʊr.sa]
  • Hyphenation: bur‧sa

Noun[edit]

bursa

  1. (business, economics) exchange: a place for conducting trading.
    Bursa Efek Indonesia ― Indonesia Stock Exchange
  2. (by extension, figurative, colloquial) election.
    Synonym: pemilihan
    bursa capres ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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Noun[edit]

bursa

  1. bursa, any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Medieval Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”).

Noun[edit]

bursa m (genitive singular bursa, nominative plural bursaí)

  1. burse; purse

Declension[edit]

Declension of bursa

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bursa bursaí
Vocative a bhursaí a bhursaa
Genitive bursaí bursa
Dative bursa bursaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bursa na bursaí
Genitive an bhursaí na mbursa
Dative leis an mbursa

don bhursa

leis na bursaí

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bursa bhursa mbursa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

Kanuri[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bursa

  1. (Kanembu) cloud

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Further reading[edit]

  • Francis Jouannet, Le kanembou des Ngaldoukou: langue saharienne parlée sur les rives septentrionales du lac Tchad: phonématique et prosodie (1982, Paris: SELAF)
  • Kakadu Kanembu Kərânei: Kakadu 2 (UNESCO)

Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Late Latin (4th century); from the Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bursa f (genitive bursae); first declension

  1. (originally Late Latin) oxhide, animal skin
  2. (by extension, Medieval Latin) purse, especially one made of skin or leather
  3. (Medieval Latin) supply of money, funds
  4. (Medieval Latin) pension

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bursa bursae
Genitive bursae bursārum
Dative bursae bursīs
Accusative bursam bursās
Ablative bursā bursīs
Vocative bursa bursae

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References[edit]

  • bursa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “bursa”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Northern Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Latin bursa.
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpurːsa/

Noun[edit]

bursa

  1. purse (for money)
  2. wallet
  3. stock market

Inflection[edit]

Even a-stem, rs-rss gradation
Nominative bursa
Genitive burssa
Singular Plural
Nominative bursa burssat
Accusative burssa burssaid
Genitive burssa burssaid
Illative bursii burssaide
Locative burssas burssain
Comitative burssain burssaiguin
Essive bursan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person bursan bursame bursamet
2nd person bursat bursade bursadet
3rd person bursas bursaska bursaset

Further reading[edit]

  • 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

Polish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbur.sa/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ursa
  • Syllabification: bur‧sa
  • Homophone: Bursa

Noun[edit]

bursa f

  1. (dated, education) boarding house (housing for students at a boarding school)
    Synonym: internat
  2. (Roman Catholicism) bursa (parament about twelve inches square in which the folded corporal is kept in for reasons of reverence)

Declension[edit]

Declension of bursa
singular plural
nominative bursa bursy
genitive bursy burs
dative bursie bursom
accusative bursę bursy
instrumental bursą bursami
locative bursie bursach
vocative burso bursy

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adjectives
nouns

Further reading[edit]

  • bursa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bursa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa). Doublet of bolsa.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: bur‧sa

Noun[edit]

bursa f (plural bursas)

  1. (anatomy) bursa (sac where muscle slides across bone)

Romansch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • buorsa (Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader)

Etymology[edit]

From Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”).

Noun[edit]

bursa f (plural bursas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) purse
  2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) exchange

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin bursa. Doublet of bolsa.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuɾsa/ [ˈbuɾ.sa]
  • Rhymes: -uɾsa
  • Syllabification: bur‧sa

Noun[edit]

bursa f (plural bursas)

  1. (anatomy) bursa

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin bursa.

Noun[edit]

bursa c

  1. (anatomy) bursa
    Synonym: slemsäck

Declension[edit]

Declension of bursa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bursa bursan bursor bursorna
Genitive bursas bursans bursors bursornas

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Anagrams[edit]

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