sora
English edit
Etymology edit
Early 19th-century sources observe that this term was in use in Virginia; presumably it is from an Indigenous American language of that area. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
sora (plural soras)
- A rail (Porzana carolina) of North, Central, and northern South America.
Translations edit
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Anagrams edit
Faroese edit
Verb edit
sora (third person singular past indicative soraði, third person plural past indicative sorað, supine sorað)
- to smash
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of sora (group v-30) | ||
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infinitive | sora | |
supine | sorað | |
participle (a6)1 | sorandi | soraður |
present | past | |
first singular | sori | soraði |
second singular | sorar | soraði |
third singular | sorar | soraði |
plural | sora | soraðu |
imperative | ||
singular | sora! | |
plural | sorið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *cora, from Proto-Finno-Permic *ćora (“grain”), borrowing from early Proto-Balto-Slavic *śoros.[1] Related to Erzya сюро (śuro, “grain”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sora
Declension edit
Inflection of sora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | sora | sorat | ||
genitive | soran | sorien | ||
partitive | soraa | soria | ||
illative | soraan | soriin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | sora | sorat | ||
accusative | nom. | sora | sorat | |
gen. | soran | |||
genitive | soran | sorien sorainrare | ||
partitive | soraa | soria | ||
inessive | sorassa | sorissa | ||
elative | sorasta | sorista | ||
illative | soraan | soriin | ||
adessive | soralla | sorilla | ||
ablative | soralta | sorilta | ||
allative | soralle | sorille | ||
essive | sorana | sorina | ||
translative | soraksi | soriksi | ||
abessive | soratta | soritta | ||
instructive | — | sorin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
References edit
Further reading edit
- “sora”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams edit
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sora
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of sor
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | sora | — |
accusative | sorát | — |
dative | sorának | — |
instrumental | sorával | — |
causal-final | soráért | — |
translative | sorává | — |
terminative | soráig | — |
essive-formal | soraként | — |
essive-modal | sorául | — |
inessive | sorában | — |
superessive | során | — |
adessive | soránál | — |
illative | sorába | — |
sublative | sorára | — |
allative | sorához | — |
elative | sorából | — |
delative | soráról | — |
ablative | sorától | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
soráé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
soráéi | — |
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Compare suora.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sora f (plural sore)
Etymology 2 edit
From signora.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sora f (uncountable)
- (dialectal) female equivalent of sor; lady, miss (before personal names or professions)
- sora Lella ― Mrs. Lella
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
sora
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
sora
- Romanization of ꦱꦺꦴꦫ
Lombard edit
Etymology edit
From sopra.
Adverb edit
sora
Macanese edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of Portuguese professora, feminine form of professor.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sora (possibly slang)
- teacher
- Sora, ele sempre chubí eu!
- Teacher, he is always pinching me!
- Sora, êle dáli eu!
- Teacher, he is hitting me!
- professor
References edit
- Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988), “dále”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 425
- https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm
Neapolitan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sora f (plural sore)
Usage notes edit
The plural form is serure [səˈruːrə] in some dialects,[1][2] reflecting the Latin plural sorōrēs (> *serōrēs, via dissimilation).
References edit
- ^ Cortelazzo, Manlio. 2002. I dialetti Italiani: Storia, struttura, uso. Torino: UTET. Page 730.
- ^ AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 14: “tua sorella; le tue sorelle” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
sora (present tense sorar, past tense sora, past participle sora, passive infinitive sorast, present participle sorande, imperative sora/sor)
- to be covered by thin ice layer (about water, stone or wood during a cold period of time)
Old Javanese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वर (svara). Doublet of swara.
Adjective edit
sora
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
sora
- name of an arrow
Further reading edit
- "sora" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sora f
Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
- sour (Puter, Vallader)
Etymology edit
From Latin soror, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Noun edit
sora f (plural soras)