pira
See also: Appendix:Variations of "pira"
Bikol Central edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pijax.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
pirá (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜍ)
- (interrogative) how many
Derived terms edit
Guaraní edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pira (plural pirakuéra)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin pyra, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pira f (plural pire)
Anagrams edit
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
pira
- Romanization of ꦥꦶꦫ
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ra/, [ˈpɪrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ra/, [ˈpiːrä]
Noun edit
pira
Descendants edit
Descendants
- → Proto-West Germanic: *peru, *piru, *perā, *pirā
- → Old High German: bira, pira
Maranao edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Austronesian *pijax.
Pronoun edit
pira
Mbyá Guaraní edit
Noun edit
pira
Old Javanese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pijax (compare Cebuano pila).
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
pira
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Old Tupi edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pira
References edit
- LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: pi‧ra
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
- pyra (obsolete)
Noun edit
pira f (plural piras)
- pyre (heap on which corpses are burned)
- (slang) thingamajig, gizmo, thingy (something whose name is unknown)
- (Brazil, slang) a proposition, suggestion or theory considered absurd or rather unlikely
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
pira
- inflection of pirar:
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)
- pear (fruit)
Slovene edit
Alternative forms edit
- pȋr m
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *pyrь.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
píra f
- spelt (grain) (Triticum spelta)
Inflection edit
Feminine, a-stem | |||
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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
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)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
pira f (plural piras)
Related terms edit
Verb edit
pira
- inflection of pirar:
Further reading edit
- “pira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Warlpiri edit
Noun edit
pira