noora

See also: Noora

Fula

Alternative forms

• (Fouta-Toro) noorwa
• (Maasina) nooda
• (Liptaako) ŋata
• (Adamawa) gilaŋeeru
• (Pulaar) nóóróó

Etymology

From Proto-Fula-Serer *noox/r, whence also Serer noox.

Noun

noora mba

1. (Pular) crocodile, caiman

References

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *noora. Cognates include Finnish nuora and Veps nor.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈnoːrɑ/, [ˈnoːr]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈnoːrɑ/, [ˈno̝ːrɑ]
• Rhymes: -oːr, -oːrɑ
• Hyphenation: noo‧ra

Noun

noora

1. cord, string

Declension

Declension of noora (type 3/koira, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	noora	noorat
genitive	nooran	nooriin
partitive	nooraa	nooria
illative	nooraa	noorii
inessive	nooraas	nooriis
elative	noorast	noorist
allative	nooralle	noorille
adessive	nooraal	nooriil
ablative	nooralt	noorilt
translative	nooraks	nooriks
essive	nooranna, nooraan	noorinna, nooriin
exessive1)	noorant	noorint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• nodraan

Derived terms

• emänoora
• merinoora
• napanoora
• niisinoora
• noorain
• nooravyyhti
• povinoora
• vennänoora

 

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 347

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔːɾa/

Verb

noora (infinitive kũnoora)

1. to sharpen (on grindstone)

Related terms

(Nouns)

• inooro class 5

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).