jira

See also: JIRA, Jíra, and Jířa

Aasax

Adjective

jira

1. big

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto jira and Nüpode Huitoto jira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhiɾa]
• Hyphenation: ji‧ra

Postposition

jira

1. because of
   • 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:1, page 5:

     Jesucristo rafuena omoɨmo cue lloiacana jira, naimɨe comɨnɨna nano lloitɨcue.

     Because of my wanting to tell you of the story of Jesus Christ, I will first tell of his people.

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983), Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 137
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017), A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 156

Nafaanra

Noun

jira

1. lion

   Synonym: blɛkpɔɔ

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxiɾa/ [ˈxi.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Syllabification: ji‧ra

Etymology 1

From jirón.

Noun

jira f (plural jiras)

1. a large piece torn from a fabric

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

jira f (plural jiras)

1. picnic

Further reading

• “jira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swahili

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindi जीरा (jīrā), from Sanskrit जीरक (jīraka).

Pronunciation

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Noun

jira class IX (plural jira class X)

1. cumin (seeds used as a spice)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مَجْرًى (majran).

Noun

jira class V (plural majira class VI)

1. (geometry, mathematics) axis, as on a graph

   Jira-x na jira-y hufafanua majiranukta kwenye bapa.

   The x-axis and y-axis define the coordinates on the plane.

Derived terms

• majiranukta

See also

• mhimili

Tonga (Malawi)

Etymology

It is interesting that the stem resembles *-jíjɪba (“to know - found in zone N like Chichewa's -dziŵa (“to know”)”), but the meaning is the opposite.

Adjective

-jira

1. ignorant

Derived terms

• mujira (“ignorant person”)
• ujira (“ignorance”)

References

• William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎^[3], Central Africana Limited, page 42

Tumbuka

Etymology

It is interesting that the stem resembles *-jíjɪba (“to know - found in zone N like Chichewa's -dziŵa (“to know”)”), but the meaning is the opposite.

Adjective

-jira

1. ignorant

Derived terms

• mujira (“ignorant person”)
• ujira (“ignorance”)

References

• William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎^[4], Central Africana Limited, page 42