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English

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Etymology 1

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From Gamilaraay būru.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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bora (plural boras)

  1. An initiation ceremony for males among the Aboriginal people 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, volume 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, volume 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...
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Either from Serbo-Croatian bura (downslope wind, northeast or ENE wind), or from a dialectal form of Italian borea (north wind) from Latin Boreās.

Noun

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bora

  1. 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, published 2007, page 650:
      When the bora blew down from the mountains, announcing the winter, would he ride it on out of town?
Translations
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Anagrams

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Albanian

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Noun

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bora

  1. definite nominative singular of borë

Chibcha

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish bola.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bora

  1. ball

References

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

Cornish

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Brythonic *bọreɣ, from Proto-Celtic *bāregos (morning). Cognate with Breton beure (morning) and Welsh bore (morning).

Noun

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bora m (plural boraow)

  1. dawn
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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bora m (plural borys)

  1. boar
    Synonyms: torgh, badh

Mutation

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Mutation of bora
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
bora vora unchanged pora fora vora

Hausa

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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bōrā̀ f (possessed form bōràr̃)

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

See also

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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bor +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈborɒ]
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ra

Noun

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bora

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

Declension

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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

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

  1. to bore, drill [intransitive or with accusative]
Conjugation
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bora – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur bora
supine sagnbót borað
present participle
borandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég bora boraði bori boraði
þú borar boraðir borir boraðir
hann, hún, það borar boraði bori boraði
plural við borum boruðum borum boruðum
þið borið boruðuð borið boruðuð
þeir, þær, þau bora boruðu bori boruðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú bora (þú), boraðu
plural þið borið (þið), boriði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
borast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur borast
supine sagnbót borast
present participle
borandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég borast boraðist borist boraðist
þú borast boraðist borist boraðist
hann, hún, það borast boraðist borist boraðist
plural við borumst boruðumst borumst boruðumst
þið borist boruðust borist boruðust
þeir, þær, þau borast boruðust borist boruðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú borast (þú), borastu
plural þið borist (þið), boristi1
1 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)
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)
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

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

Noun

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bora f (genitive singular boru, nominative plural borur)

  1. hole (small and undesirable abode)
  2. butthole (anus)
Declension
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Declension of bora (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bora boran borur borurnar
accusative boru boruna borur borurnar
dative boru borunni borum borunum
genitive boru borunnar bora boranna

Etymology 3

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Noun

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bora m

  1. indefinite accusative/genitive plural of bor

Italian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin borea.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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bora f (plural bore)

  1. bora (north-eastern wind)

Anagrams

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Ladino

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Etymology

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

Noun

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bora f

  1. storm, torrential rain, gust of wind

Further reading

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  • Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “bóra”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 96

Latvian

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Noun

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bora m

  1. genitive singular of bors

Northern Sami

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Norwegian bor.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpoːra/

Noun

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bōra

  1. boron
Inflection
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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
Further reading
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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpora/

Verb

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bora

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

Northern Sotho

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà.

Noun

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bora

  1. bow

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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bora n

  1. definite neuter plural of bor (Etymology 2)

Verb

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bora

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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bora n or m

  1. definite neuter plural of bor (Etymology 2)

Old English

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Verb

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bora

  1. imperative singular of borian

Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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bora

  1. to bore
Conjugation
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Conjugation of bora — active (weak class 2)
infinitive bora
present participle borandi
past participle boraðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular bora boraða bora boraða
2nd person singular borar boraðir borir boraðir
3rd person singular borar boraði bori boraði
1st person plural borum boruðum borim boraðim
2nd person plural borið boruðuð borið boraðið
3rd person plural bora boruðu bori boraði
imperative present
2nd person singular bora
1st person plural borum
2nd person plural borið
Conjugation of bora — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive borask
present participle borandisk
past participle borazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular borumk boruðumk borumk boruðumk
2nd person singular borask boraðisk borisk boraðisk
3rd person singular borask boraðisk borisk boraðisk
1st person plural borumsk boruðumsk borimsk boraðimsk
2nd person plural borizk boruðuzk borizk boraðizk
3rd person plural borask boruðusk borisk boraðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular borask
1st person plural borumsk
2nd person plural borizk
Descendants
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  • Icelandic: bora
  • Faroese: bora
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bore
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bore
  • Old Swedish: bora, bura
  • Danish: bore
  • Gutnish: bure, bur', bura

Noun

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bora f (genitive boru, plural borur)

  1. a drilling hole
Declension
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Declension of bora (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
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
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  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bore f

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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bora

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

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bora”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Verb

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bora

  1. to drill, penetrate

Conjugation

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Descendants

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Clipping of embora, from the phrase vamos embora.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bo‧ra

Interjection

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bora

  1. (informal) let's go
    Synonyms: vamos, vamos lá, vambora, vamo lá, vamo
    Bora!Let's go!

Particle

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bora

  1. (informal) hortative and cohortative particle; let's
    Synonym: vamos
    Bora comprar algo para comer?How about we buy something to eat?

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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bora

  1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of borî

Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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bora f (plural boras)

  1. (sports, Surmiran) ball

Synonyms

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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bóra f (Cyrillic spelling бо́ра)

  1. wrinkle
  2. (geology) fold

Declension

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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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Adjective

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bora (invariable)

  1. fine, excellent
  2. better
  3. best

Derived terms

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Tswana

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà.

Noun

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bora class 14 (plural mara)

  1. bow

Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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bora

  1. dative singular of bor

Etymology 2

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بورا (bora, squall, tempest), 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

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bora (definite accusative borayı, plural boralar)

  1. (meteorology) squall.
  2. (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

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  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

Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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From (to peel) +‎ ara (body).

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Verb

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bóra

  1. (transitive) to bleach one's skin; to lighten one's skin
  2. (literal) to peel one's body
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Etymology 2

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From bo (to cover) +‎ ara (body).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bora

  1. to cover the body