borka

See also: Borka and Børka

Abinomn

Noun

borka

1. breadfruit

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic بُرْكَة (burka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔr.ka/

Noun

borka f (plural borok)

1. duck

   Synonym: papra

2. (figuratively) lazy person

Usage notes

• Many sources make a distinction between papra (“duck”) and borka (“wild duck”). However it is unclear whether the latter gloss refers to the mallard or to other wild-living birds of the family Anatidae. At any rate the mallard is also commonly called papra.

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bòːrka/, /bóːrka/

Noun

bọ̄rka f

1. fighter (military)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	bórka
gen. sing.	bórke
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bórka	bórki	bórke
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bórke	bórk	bórk
dative (dajȃlnik)	bórki	bórkama	bórkam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bórko	bórki	bórke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bórki	bórkah	bórkah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bórko	bórkama	bórkami

Further reading

• “borka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “borka”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references