kira
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Dzongkha དཀྱི་ར (dkyi ra).
Noun edit
kira (plural kiras)
Fijian edit
Adverb edit
kira
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kira
- to assume, think that, suspect, guess, imagine
- to be of the opinion that
- be left out of consideration, get no consideration
- to compute, calculate
Noun edit
kira (first-person possessive kiraku, second-person possessive kiramu, third-person possessive kiranya)
- (colloquial) feeling, opinion, supposition, presumption (not based on concrete evidence)
- guess, estimate, estimation, calculation, count, conjecture
- (in questions, negatives) would have thought
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “kira” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Kikuyu edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kira (infinitive gũkira)
Derived terms edit
(Verbs)
(Proverbs)
References edit
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
Anagrams edit
Malay edit
Etymology edit
According to Dempwolf (1938), from Proto-Austronesian *kira (“‘to presume, surmise, suspect’”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kira (Jawi spelling کيرا)
Further reading edit
- “kira” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “approximately”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish كرا, from Arabic كِرَاء (kirāʔ, “rent, renting”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kira (definite accusative kirayı, plural kiralar)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kira”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كرا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1532
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Uneapa edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Oceanic *kiʀam with irregular loss of *m, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiʀam.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kira
Further reading edit
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
Zaghawa edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kira
- mother
- Ja kira : Mother of children
- Zara kira : Mother of Zara; Zara's mother
- old female animal with children; mother animal
- Day kira : Old female camel
- Bey kira : Old female goat
References edit
- Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad
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