bori

See also: boeri, Bori, borî, boʻri, böri, бори, боьри, бөрі, बोरी, and ბორი

Albanian

Etymology

From bri (“horn”). Alternatively from *bjeri, an alternate form of bie, meaning to play an instrument.

Noun

bori m (indefinite plural bori, definite singular boria, definite plural boritë)

trumpet
(music) horn

Declension

Declension of bori

	indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara)		definite forms (trajta të shquara)
	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)
nominative (emërore)	(një) bori	(disa) bori	boria	boritë
accusative (kallëzore)	(një) bori	(disa) bori	borinë	boritë
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së)	(një) borie	(disa) borive	borisë	borive
dative (dhanore)	(një) borie	(disa) borive	borisë	borive
ablative (rrjedhore) (prej)	(një) borie	(disa) borish	borisë	borive

Related terms

bri

Esperanto

Etymology

From English bore and German bohren.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbori]
Audio:
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Rhymes: -ori
Hyphenation: bo‧ri

Verb

bori (present boras, past boris, future boros, conditional borus, volitive boru)

to bore (make a hole in)
to drill

Conjugation

Conjugation of bori

		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
		present		past		future
tense		boras		boris		boros
active participle		boranta	borantaj	borinta	borintaj	boronta	borontaj
active participle	acc.	borantan	borantajn	borintan	borintajn	borontan	borontajn
passive participle		borata	borataj	borita	boritaj	borota	borotaj
passive participle	acc.	boratan	boratajn	boritan	boritajn	borotan	borotajn
nominal active participle		boranto	borantoj	borinto	borintoj	boronto	borontoj
nominal active participle	acc.	boranton	borantojn	borinton	borintojn	boronton	borontojn
nominal passive participle		borato	boratoj	borito	boritoj	boroto	borotoj
nominal passive participle	acc.	boraton	boratojn	boriton	boritojn	boroton	borotojn
adverbial active participle		borante		borinte		boronte
adverbial passive participle		borate		borite		borote

infinitive		bori						imperative		boru						conditional		borus

Derived terms

trabori (“to pierce, puncture”)

Hausa

Practioners of bori in the roles of various spirits (photographed in 1914).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bòː.ɽíː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bòː.ɽíː]

Noun

bṑrī m (possessed form bṑrin)

animistic spirit possession religion

Icelandic

Verb

bori

first-person singular active present subjunctive of bora
third-person singular active present subjunctive of bora
third-person plural active present subjunctive of bora

Italian

Verb

bori

inflection of boriarsi:
1. second-person singular present indicative
2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

biro, brio, brio-, orbi

Norwegian Nynorsk

Participle

bori

(non-standard since 2012) feminine of boren
(non-standard since 2012) neuter of boren

Verb

bori

(non-standard since 2012) supine of bera

Noun

bori n

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of bor

Romani

Etymology

Three etymologies have been proposed:

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀳𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀆 (vahuliā),[1] from Sanskrit वधूटी (vadhūṭī).[1][2]
Inherited from Sanskrit ৱ্যৱহাৰিকা (vyavahārikā, “female servant”).[2][3]
Borrowed from Iranian.[4]

Noun

bori f (nominative plural borǎ)

bride,[1][5] newly-wed woman[5]
daughter-in-law[1][5][6]
sister-in-law[1]

References

Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “borí”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 34b
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vadhūṭī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 656
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vyavahārikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 705
Yaron Matras (2002), “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 26
Marcel Courthiade (2009), “i/e bor/i, -ǎ ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, pages 90b-91a
Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “bori”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, OCLC 1267332830, page 22

Romanian

Verb

a bori (third-person singular present borie, past participle borit) 4th conj.

Obsolete form of borî.

Conjugation

conjugation of bori (fourth conjugation, no infix)

number		singular			plural
infinitive			a bori
gerund			borind
past participle			borit
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	bor	bori	bore	borim	boriți	bor
	imperfect	boream	boreai	borea	boream	boreați	boreau
	simple perfect	borii	boriși	bori	borirăm	borirăți	boriră
	pluperfect	borisem	boriseși	borise	boriserăm	boriserăți	boriseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
subjunctive	present	să bor	să bori	să boră	să borim	să boriți	să boră
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		bore			boriți
	negative		nu bori			nu boriți

References

bori in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English boil.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ri/

Verb

bori

to cook or boil

Descendants

→ Dutch: borie

Ternate

bori

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ɾi/

Noun

bori

the plant Anamirta cocculus; its seeds are crushed to make a fish poison

References

Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Makian

Etymology

Compare East Makian bolit (“to sharpen”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ri/

Verb

bori

(transitive) to sharpen

Conjugation

Conjugation of bori (action verb)
		singular	plural
		singular	inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tobori	mobori	abori
2nd person		nobori	fobori
3rd person	inanimate	ibori	dobori
3rd person	animate	ibori	dobori
imperative		nobori, bori	fobori, bori

References

Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

[bi-1] Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “borí”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 34b

[tp656-2] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vadhūṭī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 656

[3] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vyavahārikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 705

[4] Yaron Matras (2002), “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 26

[co-5] Marcel Courthiade (2009), “i/e bor/i, -ǎ ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, pages 90b-91a

[6] Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “bori”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, OCLC 1267332830, page 22

bori

Albanian

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Related terms

Esperanto

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

Icelandic

Verb

Italian

Verb

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Participle

Verb

Noun

Romani

Etymology

Noun

See also

References

Further reading

Romanian

Verb

Conjugation

References

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Descendants

Ternate

Pronunciation

Noun

References

West Makian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

References