kora
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
kora (plural koras)
- (music) A type of harp 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).
Derived terms edit
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Anagrams edit
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From koro (“heart”) + -a (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
kora (accusative singular koran, plural koraj, accusative plural korajn)
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): [ˈkorɒ]
- Hyphenation: ko‧ra
- Homophone: Cora (hypermarket in Hungary between 1997 and 2012)
- Rhymes: -rɒ
Etymology 1 edit
Back-formation from korán (“early”).
Adjective edit
kora (comparative (archaic) korább, superlative (archaic) legkorább)
- early (near the start or beginning)
- kora nyár ― early summer
- early (at a time in advance of the usual or expected event)
- kora halál ― an early death
Derived terms edit
(Compound words):
Etymology 2 edit
kor (“age”) + -a (possessive suffix)
Noun edit
kora
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of kor
- az ő kora ― his/her age
Declension edit
| 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 edit
Further reading edit
- kora in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
kora
Latvian edit
Noun edit
kora m
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
kora n
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kora n
Verb edit
kora (present tense korar, past tense kora, past participle kora, passive infinitive korast, present participle korande, imperative kora/kor)
- alternative form of kore
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kora. Doublet of skóra, szer, and szkier.
Noun edit
kora f
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Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
kora f
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Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
kora f
- kora (string instrument)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Rwanda-Rundi edit
Verb edit
-kóra (infinitive gukóra, perfective -kóze)
Derived terms edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kora.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kȍra f (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ра)
Declension edit
References edit
- “kora” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Verb edit
kora (present korar, preterite korade, supine korat, imperative kora)
Conjugation edit
| 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 |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | korande | |||
| Past participle | korad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References edit
- kora in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- kora in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- kora in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- kora in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Turkish edit
Noun edit
kora
Vilamovian edit
Noun edit
kora f
Synonyms edit
- śtröf f
Votic edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kora
Inflection edit
| Declension of kora (type V/poikõ, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kora | korad |
| genitive | kora | korijõ, korii |
| partitive | korra | koriitõ, korii |
| illative | korrasõ, korra | koriisõ |
| inessive | koraz | koriiz |
| elative | korassõ | koriissõ |
| allative | koralõ | koriilõ |
| adessive | korallõ | koriillõ |
| ablative | koraltõ | koriiltõ |
| 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. | ||
References edit
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kora”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn