bira

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Barngarla

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Yankunytjatjara piṟa.

Noun

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bira

  1. moon

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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bira

  1. plucked

References

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Basque

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /biɾa/ [bi.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -iɾa
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ra

Etymology 1

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Noun

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bira inan

  1. turn
  2. half turn
  3. tour (a journey through a list of places)
  4. (physics) revolution, rotation
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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bira

  1. Third-person plural (haiek) present imperative form of izan.
    Synonym: bitez
Usage notes
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Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edin instead of izan.

Etymology 3

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Numeral

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bira

  1. allative singular of bi

Further reading

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  • bira”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • bira”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish virar.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bi‧ra
  • IPA(key): /biˈɾa/ [bɪˈɾ̪a]

Verb

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birá

  1. to pull
    Synonym: bitad
  2. to beat up
    Synonym: pawo
  3. (slang) to have sex
    Synonym: iyot
  4. (slang) an affirmative response to an invite

Chichewa

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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birá class 1a (plural abirá class 2)

  1. sheep
    Synonym: nkhosa

Cimbrian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian birra, from German Bier. Doublet of bir.

Noun

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bira f

  1. (Luserna) beer

References

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Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Noun

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bira (first-person possessive biraku, second-person possessive biramu, third-person possessive biranya)

  1. giant taro, elephant ear taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos)

Interlingua

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Interlingua Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ia

Noun

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bira (plural biras)

  1. beer

Jamamadí

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Noun

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bira

  1. (Banawá) battery (device storing electricity)

References

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Kabuverdianu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese virar.

Verb

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bira

  1. to turn

Ladino

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Noun

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bira f (Latin spelling)

  1. beer

Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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bira

  1. as a brother

Noun

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bira ? (plural birayên)

  1. brother
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Old High German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Monastic borrowing from Medieval Latin pira. The earlier Proto-West Germanic *peru would have yielded Old High German *phera.

Noun

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bira f

  1. pear

Descendants

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  • Middle High German: bir, bire, pir
    • Alemannic German: Biire
    • Bavarian: Birn
    • German: Birne
    • Hunsrik: Bern
    • Luxembourgish: Bir
    • Vilamovian: biyn
    • Yiddish: באַר (bar)

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese virar and Kabuverdianu bira.

Verb

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bira

  1. to turn
  2. to bend

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Perhaps borrowed from Venetan bira.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bira f (plural biras)

  1. (South Brazil) beer
    Bora tomar uma bira lá!
    Let's take a beer (drink) there!

Further reading

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  • "Bira" on Dicionário Informal

Rukai

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Noun

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bira

  1. fart sound

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Venetan bira or Italian birra.

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Noun

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bira f (Cyrillic spelling бира)

  1. (Chakavian) beer

Swedish

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Etymology

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From German Bier through the Månsing slang.

Noun

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bira c

  1. (slang) a (glass, bottle, or can of) beer; brewsky.
    knäcka en bira
    crack a beer

Declension

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Tabaru

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Etymology

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Probably from Austronesian; compare Proto-Sangiric *biʀas ("rice")

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bira

  1. rice

References

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  • Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish virar (to veer).

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Noun

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birá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ)

  1. strong or violent pull or tug
  2. severe beating by way of chastisement
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish vida (life). Doublet of bida.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bira (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ) (endearing, obsolete)

  1. a term of endearment used for young children

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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birà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ) (obsolete)

  1. Alternative form of dira

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Ternate

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Etymology

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Probably from Austronesian; compare Proto-Sangiric *biʀas ("rice"). Compare to Indonesian beras.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bira (Jawi بيراة)

  1. rice (cooked or uncooked)

References

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

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Italian birra.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbi.ɾɑ]
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Noun

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bira (definite accusative birayı, plural biralar)

  1. beer

Usage notes

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  • The plural form is mainly used when referring to types of beer.

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative bira
Definite accusative birayı
Singular Plural
Nominative bira biralar
Definite accusative birayı biraları
Dative biraya biralara
Locative birada biralarda
Ablative biradan biralardan
Genitive biranın biraların

Derived terms

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Venetan

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Noun

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bira f (plural bire)

  1. beer