kora

See also: Kora, korą, kóra, kôra, kōra, köra, køra, kōŗa, and кора

English

Etymology

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Noun

kora (plural koras)

1. (music) A type of harp played in West Africa.

Derived terms

• koraist

See also

• kora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• okra

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Esperanto

Etymology

From koro (“heart”) +‎ -a (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈkora]
• Rhymes: -ora
• Hyphenation: ko‧ra

Adjective

kora (accusative singular koran, plural koraj, accusative plural korajn)

1. relating to the heart; cardiac
2. heartfelt, cordial

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkorɒ]
• Hyphenation: ko‧ra

Etymology 1

Back-formation from korán (“early”).

Adjective

kora (comparative (archaic) korább, superlative (archaic) legkorább)

1. early (near the start or beginning)

   kora nyár ― early summer

2. early (at a time in advance of the usual or expected event)

   kora halál ― an early death

Derived terms

• korai

(Compound words):

• koraszülött

Etymology 2

kor (“age”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Noun

kora

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of kor

   az ő kora ― his/her age

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kora	—
accusative	korát	—
dative	korának	—
instrumental	korával	—
causal-final	koráért	—
translative	korává	—
terminative	koráig	—
essive-formal	koraként	—
essive-modal	korául	—
inessive	korában	—
superessive	korán	—
adessive	koránál	—
illative	korába	—
sublative	korára	—
allative	korához	—
elative	korából	—
delative	koráról	—
ablative	korától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	koráé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	koráéi	—

Further reading

• kora in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Japanese

Romanization

kora

1. Rōmaji transcription of コラ
2. Rōmaji transcription of こら

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Latvian

Noun

kora m

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular form of koris

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ra/

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kora, from Proto-Indo-European *ker- whence English cortex and decorticate.

Noun

kora f

1. bark (of trees)
2. crust
3. cortex

Declension

Declension of kora

	singular
nominative	kora
genitive	kory
dative	korze
accusative	korę
instrumental	korą
locative	korze
vocative	koro

Related terms

• korowy, podkorowy

Etymology 2

Noun

kora f

1. (sculpture) kore

Declension

Declension of kora

	singular	plural
nominative	kora	kory
genitive	kory	kor
dative	korze	korom
accusative	korę	kory
instrumental	korą	korami
locative	korze	korach
vocative	koro	kory

Etymology 3

Noun

kora f

1. kora (string instrument)

Declension

Declension of kora

	singular	plural
nominative	kora	kory
genitive	kory	kor
dative	korze	korom
accusative	korę	kory
instrumental	korą	korami
locative	korze	korach
vocative	koro	kory

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kora

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kôra/
• Hyphenation: ko‧ra

Noun

kȍra f (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ра)

1. bark (of trees)
2. crust

Declension

Declension of kora

	singular	plural
nominative	kȍra	kore
genitive	kore	kȏrā
dative	kori	korama
accusative	koru	kore
vocative	koro	kore
locative	kori	korama
instrumental	korom	korama

References

• “kora” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Turkish

Noun

1. dative singular of kor

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Vilamovian

Noun

kora f

1. punishment

Synonyms

• śtröf f

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