bira

See also: bîra and bira-

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bi‧ra

Verb

bira

1. to pull
2. to beat up
3. (informal) to have sex with

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Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓi.ɽá/

Noun

birá class 1a (plural abirá class 2)

1. sheep

   Synonym: nkhosa

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Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• biira (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetian bira, from German Bier, perhaps via Italian birra.

Noun

bira f

1. (Luserna) beer

References

• “bira” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Indonesian

Noun

bira (plural, first-person possessive biraku, second-person possessive biramu, third-person possessive biranya)

1. giant taro, elephant ear taro, Alocasia macrorrhizos

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Interlingua

Noun

bira (plural biras)

1. beer

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Jamamadí

Noun

bira

1. (Banawá) battery (device storing electricity)

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese virar.

Verb

bira

1. to turn

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Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː

Adjective

bira

1. As a brother

Noun

bira (plural birayên)

1. brother

Related terms

• birader

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Old High German

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin pira, the plural of Latin pirum n (“pear”).

Noun

bira f

1. pear

Descendants

• Middle High German: bir
  • Alemannic German: Biire
  • German: Birne
    • → Estonian: pirn
  • Luxembourgish: Bir
  • Vilamovian: biyn
  • Yiddish: באַר‎‎ (bar‎)

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese virar and Kabuverdianu bira.

Verb

bira

1. to turn
2. to bend

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Swedish

Noun

bira c

1. (slang) A (quantity of) beer; brewsky.

Declension

Declension of bira
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bira	biran	biror	birorna
Genitive	biras	birans	birors	birornas

Synonyms

• bir
• bärs
• pilsner

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Turkish

Etymology

From Italian birra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [biˈɾa]

Noun

bira (definite accusative birayı, plural biralar)

1. beer

Usage notes

• Plural form is only used while talking about servings (particularly bottles or glasses) of beer.

Declension

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

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Venetian

Noun

bira f (plural bire)

1. beer