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bira

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bira"

Albanian

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Noun

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bira

  1. inflection of birë:
    1. definite nominative singular
    2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Barngarla

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Yankunytjatjara piṟa.

Noun

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bira

  1. moon

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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bira

  1. plucked

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Basque

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /biɾa/ [bi.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -iɾa, -a
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ra

Etymology 1

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Noun

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bira inan

  1. turn
  2. half turn
  3. tour (a journey through a list of places)
  4. (physics) revolution, rotation
Declension
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Declension of bira (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
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

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Verb

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bira

  1. Third-person plural (haiek) imperative form of izan.
    Synonym: bitez
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Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edin instead of izan.

Etymology 3

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Numeral

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bira

  1. allative singular of bi

Further reading

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  • “bira”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “bira”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish virar.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bi‧ra
  • IPA(key): /biˈɾa/ [bɪˈɾ̪a]

Verb

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birá

  1. to pull
    Synonym: bitad
  2. to beat up
    Synonym: pawo
  3. (slang) to have sex
    Synonym: iyot
  4. (slang) an affirmative response to an invite

Chichewa

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Noun

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birá class 1a (plural abirá class 2)

  1. sheep
    Synonym: nkhosa

Cimbrian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian birra, from German Bier. Doublet of bir.

Noun

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bira f

  1. (Luserna) beer

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Indonesian

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Noun

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bira (plural bira-bira)

  1. giant taro, elephant ear taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos)

Interlingua

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Noun

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bira (plural biras)

  1. beer

Jamamadí

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Noun

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bira

  1. (Banawá) battery (device storing electricity)

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Japanese

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Romanization

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bira

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ビラ

Kabuverdianu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese virar.

Verb

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bira

  1. to turn

Ladino

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Noun

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bira f

  1. beer

Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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

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Adjective

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bira

  1. as a brother

Noun

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bira m (plural birayên)

  1. brother
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Old High German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Monastic borrowing from Medieval Latin pira. The earlier Proto-West Germanic *peru would have yielded Old High German *phera.

Noun

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bira f

  1. pear

Descendants

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  • Middle High German: bir, bire, pir
    • Alemannic German: Biire
    • Bavarian: Birn
    • German: Birne
    • Hunsrik: Bern
    • Luxembourgish: Bir
    • Vilamovian: biyn
    • Yiddish: באַר (bar)

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese virar and Kabuverdianu bira.

Verb

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bira

  1. to turn
  2. to bend

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Perhaps Borrowed from Venetan bira. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

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Noun

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bira f (plural biras)

  1. (South Brazil) beer
    Bora tomar uma bira lá!
    Let's have a beer over there!

Further reading

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  • “bira”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025

Rukai

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Noun

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bira

  1. fart sound

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Venetan bira or Italian birra.

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Noun

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bira f (Cyrillic spelling бира)

  1. (Chakavian) beer

Swedish

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Etymology

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From German Bier through the Månsing slang.

Noun

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bira c

  1. (slang) a (glass, bottle, or can of) beer; brewsky.
    knäcka en bira
    crack a beer

Declension

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Declension of bira
nominative genitive
singular indefinite bira biras
definite biran birans
plural indefinite biror birors
definite birorna birornas

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Tabaru

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Etymology

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Probably from Austronesian; compare Proto-Sangiric *biʀas ("rice")

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bira

  1. rice

References

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  • 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

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish virar (“to veer”).

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birá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ)

  1. strong or violent pull or tug
  2. severe beating by way of chastisement
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish vida (“life”). Doublet of bida.

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bira (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ) (endearing, obsolete)

  1. a term of endearment used for young children

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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birà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ) (obsolete)

  1. Alternative form of dira

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Ternate

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Etymology

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Probably from Austronesian; compare Proto-Sangiric *biʀas ("rice"). Compare to Indonesian beras.

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Noun

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bira (Jawi بيراة)

  1. rice (cooked or uncooked)

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Italian birra.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbi.ɾɑ]
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Noun

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bira (definite accusative birayı, plural biralar)

  1. beer

Usage notes

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  • The plural form is mainly used when referring to types of beer.

Declension

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Declension of bira
singular plural
nominative bira biralar
definite accusative birayı biraları
dative biraya biralara
locative birada biralarda
ablative biradan biralardan
genitive biranın biraların

Derived terms

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Venetan

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Noun

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bira f (plural bire)

  1. beer
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