yira
Bidyara
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *rirra.
Noun
yira
- tooth
Further reading
- Barry Alpher, Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004, →ISBN
Gamilaraay
Etymology
From Proto-Central New South Wales *yiraŋ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *rirra, cognate with Wiradhuri yirang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jiɻa/, [jiɻa], [iɻa]
Noun
yira
- tooth
- 1856, William Ridley, On the Kamilaroi Tribe of Australians and Their Dialect, in Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, volume 4:
- Teeth . . īră.
- 1903, R. H. Mathews, Languages of the Kamilaroi and Other Aboriginal Tribes of New South Wales, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 33:
- Teeth .... .... yira
- 1856, William Ridley, On the Kamilaroi Tribe of Australians and Their Dialect, in Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, volume 4:
Alternative forms
- Yuwaalaraay dialect: yiya
References
- Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝiɾa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝi.ɾa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃiɾa/ [ˈʃi.ɾa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒiɾa/ [ˈʒi.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -iɾa
- Syllabification: yi‧ra
Etymology 1
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Noun
yira f (plural yiras)
- (Latin America, colloquial, derogatory) harlot; prostitute
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
yira
- inflection of yirar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
References
- Babylon, Online Dictionary
Further reading
- “yira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014