kora

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kora"

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Bambara kɔ́rabor.

English kora

Borrowed from Bambara kɔ́ra.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːɹə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹə
• Homophone: Cora

Noun

kora (plural koras)

1. (music) A type of harp or lute played in West Africa.
   • 2009 April 17, The New York Times, “Pop Listings”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     He is performing here with his Symmetric Orchestra, an ensemble of West African musicians who play both traditional instruments (kora, balafon, bolombatto, djembe) and slightly more contemporary ones (guitars, keyboards).

   • 2015, J. Kenneth Moore, Jayson Kerr Dobney, E Bradley Strachen-Scherer, Musical Instruments: Highlights of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 172:

     Since its invention, probably in sixteenth-century Senegal, the kora has been used by professional bards called jalis, or griots. The plucked instrument's harplike sound accompanies the jali's song—praise for patrons, histories and genealogies, satire, political commentary, and poetic recitation.

Derived terms

• koraist

Translations

Translations

• French: kora (fr) f
• German: Kora (de) f

Further reading

• kora (instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• akro-, okra

Esperanto

Etymology

From koro (“heart”) +‎ -a (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkora/

• Audio 1:

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• Rhymes: -ora
• Syllabification: ko‧ra

Adjective

kora (accusative singular koran, plural koraj, accusative plural korajn)

1. cardiac (relating to the heart)
2. heartfelt, cordial

Further reading

• “kora”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “kora”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkorɒ]
• Hyphenation: ko‧ra
• Homophone: Cora (hypermarket in Hungary between 1997 and 2012)
• Rhymes: -rɒ

Etymology 1

Back-formation from korán (“early”).

Adjective

kora (comparative (archaic) korább, superlative (archaic) legkorább)

1. early (near the start or beginning)

   kora nyár ― early summer

2. early (at a time in advance of the usual or expected event)

   kora halál ― an early death

Derived terms

• korai

(Compound words):

• koraszülött

Etymology 2

kor (“age”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Noun

kora

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of kor

   az ő kora ― his/her age

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	kora	—
accusative	korát	—
dative	korának	—
instrumental	korával	—
causal-final	koráért	—
translative	korává	—
terminative	koráig	—
essive-formal	koraként	—
essive-modal	korául	—
inessive	korában	—
superessive	korán	—
adessive	koránál	—
illative	korába	—
sublative	korára	—
allative	korához	—
elative	korából	—
delative	koráról	—
ablative	korától	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	koráé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	koráéi	—

Derived terms

• korabeli
• kori (Etymology 2)

Further reading

• kora in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Japanese

Romanization

kora

1. Rōmaji transcription of コラ
2. Rōmaji transcription of こら

Latvian

Noun

kora m

1. genitive singular of koris

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

kora n

1. definite singular of kor

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• (noun): IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.rɑ/
• (verb): IPA^(key): /²kuː.rɑ/

Noun

kora n

1. definite singular of kor

Verb

kora (present tense korar, past tense kora, past participle kora, passive infinitive korast, present participle korande, imperative kora/kor)

1. alternative form of kore

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: ko‧ra

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *kora

Polish kora

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kora. Doublet of skóra, szer, and szkier.

Noun

kora f

1. bark (of trees)
2. crust
3. cortex

Declension

Declension of kora

	singular
nominative	kora
genitive	kory
dative	korze
accusative	korę
instrumental	korą
locative	korze
vocative	koro

Related terms

• korowy
• podkorowy

Etymology 2

Noun

kora f

1. (sculpture) kore

Declension

Declension of kora

	singular	plural
nominative	kora	kory
genitive	kory	kor
dative	korze	korom
accusative	korę	kory
instrumental	korą	korami
locative	korze	korach
vocative	koro	kory

Etymology 3

Noun

kora f

1. kora (string instrument)

Declension

Declension of kora

	singular	plural
nominative	kora	kory
genitive	kory	kor
dative	korze	korom
accusative	korę	kory
instrumental	korą	korami
locative	korze	korach
vocative	koro	kory

Further reading

• “kora”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “kora”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Romani

Noun

kora f

1. (botany) bark, crust (Dolenjski Romani dialect)

References

• Cech, Petra & Heinschink, Mozes F. (2002). Vokabular der Dolenjski Roma aus Novo Mesto und Bela Krajina, Slowenien. Grazer Linguistische Studien.

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-kóra (infinitive gukóra, perfective -kóze)

1. do
2. work
3. fix

Derived terms

• -koresha
• umukozi

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kôra/
• Hyphenation: ko‧ra

Noun

kȍra f (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ра)

1. bark (of trees)
2. crust

Declension

Declension of kora

	singular	plural
nominative	kȍra	kore
genitive	kore	kȏrā
dative	kori	korama
accusative	koru	kore
vocative	koro	kore
locative	kori	korama
instrumental	korom	korama

References

• “kora”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish kora, from Middle Low German koren. Cognate of Norwegian Bokmål kåre. From Proto-Germanic *kuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-. Compare origin of kurfurste, tjusa, villkor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːra/, /kuːra/

Verb

kora (present korar, preterite korade, supine korat, imperative kora)

1. choose, appoint

Conjugation

Conjugation of kora (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	kora		koras
supine	korat		korats
imperative	kora		—
imper. plural1	koren		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	korar	korade	koras	korades
ind. plural1	kora	korade	koras	korades
subjunctive2	kore	korade	kores	korades
present participle		korande
past participle		korad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• “kora”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “kora”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kora”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• kora in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Turkish

Noun

kora

1. dative singular of kor

Vilamovian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish kara.

Noun

kora f

1. punishment

   Synonym: śtröf

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kora

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkorɑ/, [ˈkorɑ]
• Rhymes: -orɑ
• Hyphenation: ko‧ra

Noun

kora

1. woodpecker

Inflection

Declension of kora (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kora	korad
genitive	kora	korijõ
partitive	korra	koriit
illative	korra, korasõ	koriisõ
inessive	koraz	koriiz
elative	korass	koriiss
allative	korallõ	koriillõ
adessive	korall	koriill
ablative	koralt	koriilt
translative	korassi	koriissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects.

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “kora”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[4], 2nd edition, Tallinn