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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /piˈɾa/, [piˈɾa]
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ra

Pronoun edit

pirá (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜍ)

  1. (interrogative) how many

Derived terms edit

Guaraní edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pira (plural pirakuéra)

  1. fish

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin pyra, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ira
  • Hyphenation: pì‧ra

Noun edit

pira f (plural pire)

  1. pyre

Anagrams edit

Javanese edit

Romanization edit

pira

  1. Romanization of ꦥꦶꦫ

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pira

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pirum

Descendants edit

Maranao edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

Pronoun edit

pira

  1. how many

Mbyá Guaraní edit

Noun edit

pira

  1. fish

Old Javanese edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pijax (compare Cebuano pila).

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

pira

  1. how many

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Old Tupi edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pira

  1. skin

References edit

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: pi‧ra

Etymology 1 edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

pira f (plural piras)

  1. pyre (heap on which corpses are burned)
  2. (slang) thingamajig, gizmo, thingy (something whose name is unknown)
    Synonyms: coisa, (Brazil) troço, (Brazil) treco, (Brazil) negócio, (Brazil) bagulho, (Brazil) bagaça, trem, (Portugal) cena, bang
  3. (Brazil, slang) a proposition, suggestion or theory considered absurd or rather unlikely
    Synonyms: viajada, piração

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

pira

  1. inflection of pirar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Sardinian edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular. Compare Italian pera, French poire, Spanish pera.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pira f (plural piras)

  1. pear (fruit)

Slovene edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *pyrь.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

píra f

  1. spelt (grain) (Triticum spelta)

Inflection edit

 
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. píra
gen. sing. píre
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
píra píri píre
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
píre pír pír
dative
(dajȃlnik)
píri pírama píram
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
píro píri píre
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
píri pírah pírah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
píro pírama pírami

Further reading edit

  • pira”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiɾa/ [ˈpi.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -iɾa
  • Syllabification: pi‧ra

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin pyra (pyre), from Ancient Greek πυρά (purá), from πῦρ (pûr, fire). Cognate with English fire.

Noun edit

pira f (plural piras)

  1. pyre

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Caló [Term?].

Noun edit

pira f (plural piras)

  1. escape, flight
    Synonyms: fuga, huida
Related terms edit

Verb edit

pira

  1. inflection of pirar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading edit

Warlpiri edit

Noun edit

pira

  1. moon