bira
Barngarla edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Cognate with Yankunytjatjara piṟa.
Noun edit
bira
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
bira
References edit
- Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2019). Barngarlidhi Manoo (Speaking Barngarla Together) (Barngarla Alphabet & Picture Book). p.13,44.
Part 1 Part 2 - Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad and Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann (2018). Online Barngarla Dictionary.
- Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2016). Barngarla Aboriginal Language Dictionary App.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.regenr8.dictionary.barngarla
https://apps.apple.com/au/app/barngarla/id1424856161
Basque edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
bira inan
Declension edit
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | bira | bira | birak |
ergative | birak | birak | birek |
dative | birari | birari | birei |
genitive | biraren | biraren | biren |
comitative | birarekin | birarekin | birekin |
causative | birarengatik | birarengatik | birengatik |
benefactive | birarentzat | birarentzat | birentzat |
instrumental | biraz | biraz | birez |
inessive | biratan | biran | biretan |
locative | biratako | birako | biretako |
allative | biratara | birara | biretara |
terminative | birataraino | biraraino | biretaraino |
directive | biratarantz | birarantz | biretarantz |
destinative | biratarako | birarako | biretarako |
ablative | biratatik | biratik | biretatik |
partitive | birarik | — | — |
prolative | biratzat | — | — |
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
bira
Usage notes edit
Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edin instead of izan.
Etymology 3 edit
Numeral edit
bira
Further reading edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
birá
Chichewa edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
birá class 1a (plural abirá class 2)
Cimbrian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian birra, from German Bier. Doublet of bir.
Noun edit
bira f
References edit
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Indonesian edit
Noun edit
bira (first-person possessive biraku, second-person possessive biramu, third-person possessive biranya)
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
bira (plural biras)
Jamamadí edit
Noun edit
bira
- (Banawá) battery (device storing electricity)
References edit
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Kabuverdianu edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese virar.
Verb edit
bira
- to turn
Ladino edit
Noun edit
bira f (Latin spelling)
Northern Kurdish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Adjective edit
bira
- as a brother
Noun edit
bira ? (plural birayên)
Related terms edit
Old High German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Monastic borrowing from Medieval Latin pira. The earlier Proto-West Germanic *peru would have yielded Old High German *phera.
Noun edit
bira f
Descendants edit
Papiamentu edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese virar and Kabuverdianu bira.
Verb edit
bira
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps borrowed from Venetian bira.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bira f (plural biras)
- (South Brazil) beer
- Bora tomar uma bira lá!
- Let's take a beer (drink) there!
Further reading edit
- "Bira" on Dicionário Informal
Rukai edit
Noun edit
bira
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Venetian bira or Italian birra.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bira f (Cyrillic spelling бира)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From German Bier through the Månsing slang.
Noun edit
bira c
Declension edit
Declension of bira | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bira | biran | biror | birorna |
Genitive | biras | birans | birors | birornas |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Tabaru edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Austronesian; compare Proto-Sangiric *biʀas ("rice")
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bira
References edit
- 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 edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Spanish virar (“to veer”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
birá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Spanish vida (“life”). Doublet of bida.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bira (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ) (endearing, obsolete)
- a term of endearment used for young children
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
birà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ) (obsolete)
- Alternative form of dira
Further reading edit
- “bira”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
Ternate edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Austronesian; compare Proto-Sangiric *biʀas ("rice"). Compare to Indonesian beras.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bira (Jawi بيراة)
References edit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bira (definite accusative birayı, plural biralar)
Usage notes edit
- The plural form is mainly used when referring to types of beer.
Declension edit
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 edit
Venetian edit
Noun edit
bira f (plural bire)