kira
See also: Kira, kíra, and kĩra
English
Noun
kira (plural kiras)
- An ankle-length dress traditionally worn by women in Bhutan.
Fijian
Adverb
kira
- downward, downwards
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki.ra/
Verb
kira
- to assume, think that, suspect, guess, imagine
- to be of the opinion that
- be left out of consideration, get no consideration
- to compute, calculate
Noun
kira (first-person possessive kiraku, second-person possessive kiramu, third-person possessive kiranya)
- (colloquial) feeling, opinion, supposition, presumption (not based on concrete evidence)
- guess, estimate, estimation, calculation, count, conjecture
- (in questions, negatives) would have thought
Related terms
- kira-kira
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kiɾa/
Verb
kira (infinitive gũkira)
- to hold one's tongue
Derived terms
(Verbs)
- gũkirĩrĩria
(Proverbs)
- gũkira nĩ gũthũrana
- ũngĩona ĩkirĩte, ĩmeretie ĩngĩ
References
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
Anagrams
- rika
Malay
Etymology
According to Dempwolf (1938), from Proto-Austronesian *kira (“‘to presume, surmise, suspect’”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kira/
- Rhymes: -ira, -ra, -a
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [kiɣə]
Verb
kira (Jawi spelling کيرا)
- to count (to enumerate or determine number)
- Synonyms: bilang, hitung
Further reading
- “kira” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish كرا, from Arabic كِرَاء (kirāʾ, “rent, renting”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ciˈɾaː/
- Hyphenation: ki‧ra
Noun
kira (definite accusative kirayı, plural kiralar)
- rent, tenancy
Derived terms
- kira arabası
- kira bedeli
- kiracı
- kirada olmak
- kirada oturmak
- kira kontratı
- kiralamak
- kiralık
- kira sözleşmesi
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kira”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كرا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1532
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Uneapa
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *kiʀam with irregular loss of *m, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiʀam.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kira/
Noun
kira
- axe
Further reading
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
Zaghawa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɪɾa/
Noun
kira
- mother
- Ja kira : Mother of children
- Zara kira : Mother of Zara; Zara's mother
- old female animal with children; mother animal
- Day kira : Old female camel
- Bey kira : Old female goat
References
- Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad