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bira

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bira"
Languages (26)
Albanian • Barngarla • Basque • Cebuano • Chichewa • Cimbrian • Indonesian • Interlingua • Jamamadí • Japanese • Kabuverdianu • Kapampangan • Ladino • Northern Kurdish • Old High German • Papiamentu • Portuguese • Rukai • Serbo-Croatian • Swedish • Tabaru • Tagalog • Ternate • Tumbuka • Turkish • Venetan
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Albanian

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Noun

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bira

  1. inflection of birë:
    1. definite nominative singular
    2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Barngarla

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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

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Basque

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /biɾa/ [bi.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -iɾa, -a
  • 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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Declension of bira (inan a-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive bira bira birak birok
ergative birak birak birek birok
dative birari birari birei biroi
genitive biraren biraren biren biron
comitative birarekin birarekin birekin birokin
causative birarengatik birarengatik birengatik birongatik
benefactive birarentzat birarentzat birentzat birontzat
instrumental biraz biraz birez birotaz
inessive biratan biran biretan birotan
locative biratako birako biretako birotako
allative biratara birara biretara birotara
terminative birataraino biraraino biretaraino birotaraino
directive biratarantz birarantz biretarantz birotarantz
destinative biratarako birarako biretarako birotarako
ablative biratatik biratik biretatik birotatik
partitive birarik — — —
prolative biratzat — — —

Etymology 2

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Verb

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bira

  1. third-person plural, imperative of izan (“to be”, intransitive auxiliary)

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] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “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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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

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Indonesian

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bira (plural bira-bira)

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

Interlingua

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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)

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Japanese

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Romanization

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bira

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ビラ

Kabuverdianu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese virar.

Verb

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bira

  1. to turn

Kapampangan

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Etymology

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Compare Kapampangan bigla, Tagalog bigla, Tausug bigla', and Karao bigla.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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bira

  1. suprise; quick; sudden
    Synonyms: pangakirut, saguli, bilis, bigla
  2. pull or tug
    Synonyms: igutan, batak
  3. (by extension) severe beating by way of chastisement

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Ladino

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Arabic بِيرَة (bīra)bor.?
Hebrew בִּירָהbor.?
Ladino bira

    Most likely borrowed from Arabic بِيرَة (bīra) or Hebrew בִּירָה (bíra). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

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    bira f (Hebrew spelling בירה, plural biras)

    1. beer

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    • “bira”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

    Northern Kurdish

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    Etymology

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

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    Adjective

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    bira

    1. as a brother

    Noun

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    bira m (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.

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    bira f

    1. pear

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    • Middle High German: bir, bire, pir
      • Alemannic German: Biire
      • Bavarian: Birn
      • German: Birne
      • Hunsrik: Bern
      • Luxembourgish: Bier, 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. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

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    bira f (plural biras)

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

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    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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    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.

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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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    Declension of bira
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite bira biras
    definite biran birans
    plural indefinite biror birors
    definite birorna birornas

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    Tabaru

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    Etymology

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

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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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    birá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ)

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

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      Borrowed from Spanish vida (“life”), from Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-. Doublet of bida.

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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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      birà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ) (obsolete)

      1. alternative form of dira

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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.

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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

      Tumbuka

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      Etymology

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      Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jíbɪda (“to sink”).

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      -bira (infinitive kubira)

      1. (intransitive) to sink (in water)
        1. (by extension) to be drowned
      2. to bathe

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      References

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      • William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎[2], Central Africana Limited, page 255

      Turkish

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      Etymology

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      From Ottoman Turkish بیرا, بیره (bira), from Italian birra.

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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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      Declension of bira
      singular plural
      nominative bira biralar
      definite accusative birayı biraları
      dative biraya biralara
      locative birada biralarda
      ablative biradan biralardan
      genitive biranın biraların

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      Further reading

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      • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “bira”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

      Venetan

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      Noun

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      bira f (plural bire)

      1. beer
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