chora

See also: chorá, chorą, and chóra

Galician

Verb

chora

1. inflection of chorar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of chorir

Irish

Noun

chora

1. Lenited form of cora.

Lower Sorbian

Adjective

chora

1. Superseded spelling of chóra.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɔ.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: cho‧ra

Adjective

chora

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of chory

Portuguese

Verb

chora

1. inflection of chorar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoɾa/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: cho‧ra

Etymology 1

Noun

chora f (plural choras)

1. cigarette butt

Etymology 2

Noun

chora f (plural choras)

1. female equivalent of choro

Etymology 3

Adjective

chora

1. feminine singular of choro

Further reading

• “choro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-chora (infinitive kuchora)

1. to draw
2. (Sheng) to write
3. (Sheng) to make plans

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chora
Positive present -nachora Subjunctive -chore Negative -chori Imperative singular chora
Infinitives
Positive kuchora Negative kutochora
Imperatives
Singular chora Plural choreni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchora Positive past positive subject concord + -lichora Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchora
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachora) Singular Plural 1st person ninachora/nachora tunachora 2nd person unachora mnachora 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachora wanachora other classes positive subject concord + -nachora
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chori) Singular Plural 1st person sichori hatuchori 2nd person huchori hamchori 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachori hawachori other classes negative subject concord + -chori
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachora Negative future negative subject concord + -tachora
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chore) Singular Plural 1st person nichore tuchore 2nd person uchore mchore 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achore wachore other classes positive subject concord + -chore
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichore Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechora Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechora Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichora Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichora
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achora) Singular Plural 1st person nachora twachora 2nd person wachora mwachora 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achora wachora m-mi(III/IV) wachora yachora ji-ma(V/VI) lachora yachora ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachora vyachora n(IX/X) yachora zachora u(XI) wachora see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachora pa(XVI) pachora mu(XVIII) mwachora
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechora "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachora "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachora "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichora "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochora Consecutive kachora / positive subject concord + -kachora Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachore
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichora -tuchora 2nd person -kuchora -wachora/-kuchoreni/-wachoreni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchora -wachora m-mi(III/IV) -uchora -ichora ji-ma(V/VI) -lichora -yachora ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichora -vichora n(IX/X) -ichora -zichora u(XI) -uchora see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchora pa(XVI) -pachora mu(XVIII) -muchora Reflexive -jichora
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chora- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -choraye -chorao m-mi(III/IV) -chorao -chorayo ji-ma(V/VI) -choralo -chorayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choracho -choravyo n(IX/X) -chorayo -chorazo u(XI) -chorao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chorako pa(XVI) -chorapo mu(XVIII) -choramo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chora) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechora -ochora m-mi(III/IV) -ochora -yochora ji-ma(V/VI) -lochora -yochora ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochora -vyochora n(IX/X) -yochora -zochora u(XI) -ochora see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochora pa(XVI) -pochora mu(XVIII) -mochora
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Passive: -chorwa

• Nominal derivations:
  • mchoraji (“painter, artist”)
  • mchoro (“drawing”)
  • uchoraji (“act of drawing”)