pira

pira

See also: PIRA, pirá, píra, and pirã

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pi‧ra
• IPA^(key): /piˈɾa/

Pronoun

pirá

1. (interrogative) how many

Derived terms

• magpira
• mamira

 

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Guaraní

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.ˈɾa/

Noun

pira (plural pirakuéra)

1. fish

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin pyra, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ra/
• Rhymes: -ira
• Hyphenation: pì‧ra

Noun

pira f (plural pire)

1. pyre

Anagrams

• IRAP, apri, aprì, arpi, pari, pria, rapi, rapì, ripa

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Javanese

Romanization

pira

1. Romanization of ꦥꦶꦫ

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ra/, [ˈpɪrä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ra/, [ˈpiːrä]

Noun

pira

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pirum

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Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

Pronoun

pira

1. how many

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Mbyá Guaraní

Noun

pira

1. fish

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pijax (compare Cebuano pila).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.ra/

Pronoun

pira

1. how many

Derived terms

• kadi pira
• maṅadipira
• pira-pira
• piraṅ-piraṅ
• tan pinira
• tan pira
• tan sapira

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦥꦶꦫ (pira)

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Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiɾa/

Noun

pira

1. skin

References

• LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: pi‧ra

Alternative forms

• pyra (obsolete)

Noun

pira f (plural piras)

1. pyre (heap on which corpses are burned)
2. (slang) thingamajig, gizmo, thingy (something whose name is unknown)

   Synonyms: coisa, (Brazil) troço, (Brazil) treco, (Brazil) negócio, (Brazil) bagulho, (Brazil) bagaça, trem, (Portugal) cena, bang

3. (Brazil, slang) a proposition, suggestion or theory considered absurd or rather unlikely

   Synonyms: viajada, piração

Verb

pira

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

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Sardinian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular. Compare Italian pera, French poire, Spanish pera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpira/

Noun

pira f (plural piras)

1. pear (fruit)

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Slovene

Alternative forms

• pȋr m

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pyrь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pìːra/

Noun

píra f

1. spelt (grain) (Triticum spelta)

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	píra
gen. sing.	píre
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	píra	píri	píre
genitive (rodȋlnik)	píre	pír	pír
dative (dajȃlnik)	píri	pírama	píram
accusative (tožȋlnik)	píro	píri	píre
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	píri	pírah	pírah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	píro	pírama	pírami

Further reading

• “pira”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin pyra (“pyre”), from Ancient Greek πυρά (purá), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). Cognate with English fire.

Noun

pira f (plural piras)

1. pyre

Etymology 2

From Caló [Term?].

Noun

pira f (plural piras)

1. escape, flight

   Synonyms: fuga, huida

Related terms

• ir de pira
• pirado
• pirarse
• pirante

Verb

pira

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

Further reading

• “pira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Warlpiri

Noun

pira

1. moon