bora

See also: Bora, bóra, böra, borā, bora-, and Borá

English

Etymology 1

From Gamilaraay būru.

Alternative forms

Bora

Noun

bora (plural boras)

A initiation ceremony for males among the Aborigines of New South Wales.
- 1873, William Ridley, Report on Australian Languages and Traditions, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 2:
  Birribirai, a youth not yet admitted to a bora.
- 1885, A. L. P. Cameron, Notes on some Tribes of New South Wales, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 14:
  By far the most important among the ceremonies practised by the aborigines of New South Wales is the Bora, at which youths are initiated to manhood...

Synonyms

burbung

Derived terms

bora ground

Etymology 2

Perhaps from a dialectal form of Italian borea (“north wind”), from Latin Boreās.

Noun

bora

A cold, often dry, northeasterly wind which blows, sometimes in violent gusts, down from mountains on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea. It also applies to cold, squally, downslope winds in other parts of the world.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 650:
  When the bora blew down from the mountains, announcing the winter, would he ride it on out of town?

Translations

wind

Croatian: bura (sh) f
Friulian: buere f, bure f
Hungarian: bóra (hu)
Italian: bora f
Slovene: burja f
Venetian: bora (vec) f

Malay: bora
Polish: bora (pl) f

Anagrams

Abor, Baro, baro-, boar, broa

Chibcha

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Spanish bola.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /βoɾa/

Noun

bora

ball

References

Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Hausa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bóː.ɽàː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bóː.ɽàː]

Noun

bōrā̀ f (possessed form bōràr̃)

less-favored wife, wife who is not her husband's favorite

Hungarian

Etymology

bor +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈborɒ]
Hyphenation: bo‧ra

Noun

bora

third-person singular single-possession possessive of bor

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	bora	—
accusative	borát	—
dative	borának	—
instrumental	borával	—
causal-final	boráért	—
translative	borává	—
terminative	boráig	—
essive-formal	boraként	—
essive-modal	borául	—
inessive	borában	—
superessive	borán	—
adessive	boránál	—
illative	borába	—
sublative	borára	—
allative	borához	—
elative	borából	—
delative	boráról	—
ablative	borától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	boráé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	boráéi	—

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːra/
Rhymes: -ɔːra

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bora (“to drill”), from borr (“drill”) (Icelandic bor).

Verb

bora (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative boraði, supine borað)

(transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to bore, drill

Conjugation

bora — active voice (germynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að bora
supine (sagnbót)		borað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		borandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég bora	við borum	present (nútíð)	ég bori	við borum
	þú borar	þið borið		þú borir	þið borið
	hann, hún, það borar	þeir, þær, þau bora		hann, hún, það bori	þeir, þær, þau bori

past (þátíð)	ég boraði	við boruðum	past (þátíð)	ég boraði	við boruðum
	þú boraðir	þið boruðuð		þú boraðir	þið boruðuð
	hann, hún, það boraði	þeir, þær, þau boruðu		hann, hún, það boraði	þeir, þær, þau boruðu

imperative (boðháttur)	bora (þú)	borið (þið)
	boraðu	boriði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

borast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að borast
supine (sagnbót)		borast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		borandist the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég borast	við borumst	present (nútíð)	ég borist	við borumst
	þú borast	þið borist		þú borist	þið borist
	hann, hún, það borast	þeir, þær, þau borast		hann, hún, það borist	þeir, þær, þau borist

past (þátíð)	ég boraðist	við boruðumst	past (þátíð)	ég boraðist	við boruðumst
	þú boraðist	þið boruðust		þú boraðist	þið boruðust
	hann, hún, það boraðist	þeir, þær, þau boruðust		hann, hún, það boraðist	þeir, þær, þau boruðust

imperative (boðháttur)	borast (þú)	borist (þið)
	borastu	boristi *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

boraður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
strong declension (sterk beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	boraður	boruð	borað	boraðir	boraðar	boruð
accusative (þolfall)	boraðan	boraða	borað	boraða	boraðar	boruð
dative (þágufall)	boruðum	boraðri	boruðu	boruðum	boruðum	boruðum
genitive (eignarfall)	boraðs	boraðrar	boraðs	boraðra	boraðra	boraðra

weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
weak declension (veik beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	boraði	boraða	boraða	boruðu	boruðu	boruðu
accusative (þolfall)	boraða	boruðu	boraða	boruðu	boruðu	boruðu
dative (þágufall)	boraða	boruðu	boraða	boruðu	boruðu	boruðu
genitive (eignarfall)	boraða	boruðu	boraða	boruðu	boruðu	boruðu

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bora, from bora (“to drill”), from borr (“drill”).

Noun

bora f (genitive singular boru, nominative plural borur)

hole (small and undesirable abode)
butthole (anus)

Declension

declension of bora

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-w1	singular		plural
nominative	bora	boran	borur	borurnar
accusative	boru	boruna	borur	borurnar
dative	boru	borunni	borum	borunum
genitive	boru	borunnar	bora	boranna

Noun

bora m

indefinite accusative/genitive plural of bor

Italian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin borea.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.ra/
Rhymes: -ɔra
Hyphenation: bò‧ra

Noun

bora f (plural bore)

bora (north-eastern wind)

Anagrams

Orba, baro, baro-, barò, orba, roba

Ladino

Etymology

From Greek βορράς (vorrás, “north; violent north wind”), from Ancient Greek Βορρᾶς (Borrhâs).

Noun

bora f (Latin spelling)

storm, torrential rain, gust of wind

Latvian

Noun

bora m

genitive singular form of bors

Northern Sami

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Norwegian bor.

Pronunciation

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpoːra/

Noun

bōra

boron

Inflection

Even a-stem, no gradation

Nominative

bōra

Genitive

bōra

Singular

Plural

Nominative

bōra

bōrat

Accusative

bōra

bōraid

Genitive

bōra

bōraid

Illative

bōrii

bōraide

Locative

bōras

bōrain

Comitative

bōrain

bōraiguin

Essive

bōran

Possessive forms
	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	bōran	bōrame	bōramet
2nd person	bōrat	bōrade	bōradet
3rd person	bōras	bōraska	bōraset

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpora/

Verb

bora

inflection of borrat:
1. present indicative connegative
2. second-person singular imperative
3. imperative connegative

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà.

Noun

bora

bow

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

(of bor) borene n or m (Etymology 2)
(of bore) boret

Noun

bora n

definite neuter plural of bor (Etymology 2)

Verb

bora

inflection of bore:
1. simple past
2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

borane

Noun

bora n or m

definite neuter plural of bor (Etymology 2)

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *burōną (“to drill, pierce, bore”).

Verb

bora

to bore

Conjugation

Conjugation of bora — active (weak class 2)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	bora
present participle	borandi
past participle	boraðr
1st-person singular	bora	boraða
2nd-person singular	borar	boraðir
3rd-person singular	borar	boraði
1st-person plural	borum	boruðum
2nd-person plural	borið	boruðuð
3rd-person plural	bora	boruðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	bora	boraða
2nd-person singular	borir	boraðir
3rd-person singular	bori	boraði
1st-person plural	borim	boraðim
2nd-person plural	borið	boraðið
3rd-person plural	bori	boraði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	bora
1st-person plural	borum
2nd-person plural	borið

Conjugation of bora — mediopassive (weak class 2)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	borask
present participle	borandisk
past participle	borazk
1st-person singular	borumk	boruðumk
2nd-person singular	borask	boraðisk
3rd-person singular	borask	boraðisk
1st-person plural	borumsk	boruðumsk
2nd-person plural	borizk	boruðuzk
3rd-person plural	borask	boruðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	borumk	boruðumk
2nd-person singular	borisk	boraðisk
3rd-person singular	borisk	boraðisk
1st-person plural	borimsk	boraðimsk
2nd-person plural	borizk	boraðizk
3rd-person plural	borisk	boraðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	borask
1st-person plural	borumsk
2nd-person plural	borizk

Descendants

Icelandic: bora
Faroese: bora
Norwegian Nynorsk: bore
Norwegian Bokmål: bore
Old Swedish: bora, bura
- Swedish: borra
Danish: bore
Westrobothnian: bora
Gutnish: bure, bur', bura

Noun

bora f (genitive boru, plural borur)

a drilling hole

Declension

Declension of bora (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bora	boran	borur	borurnar
accusative	boru	boruna	borur	borurnar
dative	boru	borunni	borum	borunum
genitive	boru	borunnar	borna	bornanna

Descendants

Norwegian Nynorsk: bore f

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bora

inflection of borr:
1. indefinite accusative plural
2. indefinite genitive plural

References

“bora”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

bura

Etymology

From Old Norse bora, from Proto-Germanic *burōną.

Verb

bora

to drill, penetrate

Conjugation

Conjugation of bora (weak)

active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	present			past
infinitive	bora			—
participle	borandi, -e			boraþer
iæk	borar	bori, -e	—	boraþi, -e	boraþi, -e
þū	borar	bori, -e	bora	boraþi, -e	boraþi, -e
han	borar	bori, -e	—	boraþi, -e	boraþi, -e
vīr	borum, -om	borum, -om	borum, -om	boraþum, -om	boraþum, -om
īr	borin	borin	borin	boraþin	boraþin
þēr	bora	borin	—	boraþu, -o	boraþin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	boras	boris, -es	—	boraþis, -es	boraþis, -es
þū	boras	boris, -es	—	boraþis, -es	boraþis, -es
han	boras	boris, -es	—	boraþis, -es	boraþis, -es
vīr	borums, -oms	borums, -oms	—	boraþums, -oms	boraþums, -oms
īr	borins	borins	—	boraþins	boraþins
þēr	boras	borins	—	boraþus, -os	boraþins

Descendants

Swedish: borra

Portuguese

Etymology

Short for embora. From the phrase vamos embora.

Interjection

bora

let's go
Bora lá! ― Let's go there!
Synonyms: vamos, vamos lá, vamo, vamo lá, vambora
let's
Bora comer! ― Let's eat!

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [boˈra]

Verb

bora

third-person singular imperfect indicative of borî

Romansch

Alternative forms

(Sutsilvan) bura

Noun

bora f (plural boras)

(sports, Surmiran) ball

Synonyms

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) balla

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bóra f (Cyrillic spelling бо́ра)

wrinkle
(geology) fold

Declension

Declension of bora

	singular	plural
nominative	bora	bore
genitive	bore	bora
dative	bori	borama
accusative	boru	bore
vocative	boro	bore
locative	bori	borama
instrumental	borom	borama

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बड़ा (baṛā, “large, great, massive; important; very”).

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Adjective

bora (invariable)

fine, excellent
better
best

Derived terms

Nominal derivations:
- ubora

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà.

Noun

bora class 14 (plural mara)

bow

Turkish

Noun

bora

dative singular of bor

Etymology 2

Possibly a derivation from Proto-Turkic *bora- (“north wind; to snow heavily”) [1]. Cognate with Crimean Tatar and Turkmen boran, Bashkir буран (buran), Kazakh боран (boran). Or a wanderword, compare Italian bora, ultimately from Latin borea and, Greek μπόρα (mpóra). The same root as bora is found in the name of the Greek mythological figure of Boreas (Βορέας). Scholars argue, the Serbo-Croatian name bura and Slovene burja are not etymologically related to bora; they derive from Common Slavic burja 'storm' (from the verb *burĭti), and the meaning 'bora' developed later.

Noun

bora (definite accusative borayı, plural boralar)

(meteorology) squall.
(often nautical) more specifically the bora is a northerly to north-easterly katabatic wind. Regardless of its direction, it can gather a hurricane-strength, thus it is a storm too.

References

Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*bora”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse bora (“to drill”), from borr (“drill”) (Westrobothnian bor).

Pronunciation

(Kalix) IPA^(key): /ˈbura/
(Skellefteå) IPA^(key): /²boːra/
(Umeå) IPA^(key): /²bɞːra/
Rhymes: -ʊ̀ra
(ð-r merger) Rhymes: -ʊ̀ra, -ʊ̀ða

Verb

bora (preterite & supine bora)

(transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to bore, drill

Yoruba

Etymology 1

From bó (“to peel”) +‎ ara (“body”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bó.ɾā/

Verb

bóra

(transitive) to bleach one's skin; to lighten one's skin
(literally) to peel one's body

Derived terms

ìbóra (“skin bleaching”)

Etymology 2

From bo (“to cover”) +‎ ara (“body”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bō.ɾā/

Verb

bora

to cover the body

[1] Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*bora”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

bora

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Translations

Anagrams

Chibcha

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

See also

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Noun

Italian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Anagrams

Ladino

Etymology

Noun

Further reading

Latvian

Noun

Northern Sami

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Further reading

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

Northern Sotho

Etymology

Noun

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

Verb

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Verb

Conjugation

Descendants

Noun

Declension

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

References

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Verb

Conjugation