gera

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See also: Gera, geɽa, géra, and ġera

Basque

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Noun

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gera

  1. allative singular of ge

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish guerra.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeɾa/ [ˈɡe.ɾa]
  • Hyphenation: ge‧ra

Noun

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géra (Basahan spelling ᜄᜒᜍ)

  1. war
    Synonym: gubat (archaic)

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Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse gera, gøra, gørva, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną.

Verb

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gera (third person singular past indicative gjørdi, supine gjørt)

  1. to do, to make
Conjugation
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Conjugation of gera (group v-31)
infinitive gera
supine gjørt
participle (a7)1 gerandi gjørdur
present past
first singular geri gjørdi
second singular gert gjørdi
third singular ger gjørdi
plural gera gjørdu
imperative
singular ger!
plural gerið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Etymology 2

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From Danish gære, from German gären.

Verb

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gera (third person singular past indicative geraði, supine gerað)

  1. to ferment, to brew
Conjugation
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Conjugation of gera (group v-30)
infinitive gera
supine gerað
participle (a6)1 gerandi geraður
present past
first singular geri geraði
second singular gerar geraði
third singular gerar geraði
plural gera geraðu
imperative
singular gera!
plural gerið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse gera, gøra, gørva, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną.

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Verb

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gera (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gerði, supine gert)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to do
    Hvað ertu að gera?
    What are you doing?
    Letingjar gera aldrei neitt.
    Loafers never do anything.
  2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to make
  3. to arbitrate, to determine
  4. (impersonal) used with nouns denoting a weather condition to indicate that that type of weather is going on
    Það gerði rigningu.
    It rained.

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Kikuyu

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Verb

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gera (infinitive kũgera)

  1. to count, to measure, to reckon[1]
    Mũndũ ageraga maimwo, ndageraga maheo.One counts refusals, does not count gifts.[2]
  2. to pass through
    Ĩgĩtithia gwĩciiria njĩra ĩrĩa ĩĩkũgera.[The hyena (hiti)] stopped to consider which road he was going to take.[3]

Derived terms

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(Nouns)

References

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  1. ^ “gera” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 108. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ Cagnolo, C. (1933). The Akikuyu: Their Customs, Traditions and Folklore, p. 220. Nyeri, Kenya: Akikuyu in the Mission Printing School.
  3. ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, pp. 302–303. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

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Lithuanian

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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gerà

  1. nominative/instrumental feminine singular of geras

Lombard

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Etymology

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From Latin glarea.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛra/, /d͡ʒera/

Noun

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gera f

  1. gravel

Luang

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Noun

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gera

  1. (Moa) water

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References

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  • Leti (2004, →ISBN, page 29 (comparative wordlist)

Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (to prepare).

Verb

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gera (singular past indicative gerði, plural past indicative gerðu, past participle gerðr)

  1. to do, make

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Descendants

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Portuguese

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Verb

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gera

  1. inflection of gerar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French gérer.

Verb

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a gera (third-person singular present gerează, past participle gerat) 1st conj.

  1. to manage

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish guierra, from Early Medieval Latin werra, from Frankish *werru (confusion; quarrel).

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Noun

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gera (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜇ)

  1. Alternative form of giyera

Venetian

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Verb

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gera

  1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of èser
  2. third-person plural imperfect indicative of èser

Yogad

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish guerra.

Noun

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gera

  1. war