sora

See also: Sora, SORA, sóra, sorã, soră, and -sora

English

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Noun

sora (plural soras)

1. A rail (Porzana carolina) of North, Central, and northern South America.

Translations

Porzana carolina

• Dutch: soraral f
• Finnish: amerikanhuitti (fi)
• German: Carolinasumpfhuhn n
• Navajo: lókʼaatah noołnahii dootłʼizhígíí

• Polish: kureczka karolińska f
• Russian: каролинский погоныш m (karolinskij pogonyš)
• Spanish: polluela sora f

Anagrams

• AORs, AoRs, ORAS, ROSA, Raos, Raso, Roas, Rosa, Soar, aros, oars, oras, osar, rosa, soar

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Faroese

Verb

sora (third person singular past indicative soraði, third person plural past indicative sorað, supine sorað)

1. to smash

Conjugation

Conjugation of sora (group v-30)
infinitive	sora
supine	sorað
participle (a6)1	sorandi	soraður
	present	past
first singular	sori	soraði
second singular	sorar	soraði
third singular	sorar	soraði
plural	sora	soraðu
	imperative
singular	sora!
plural	sorið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sora, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ćora, ultimately probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsorɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞rɑ]
• Rhymes: -orɑ
• Syllabification: so‧ra

Noun

sora

1. gravel

Declension

Inflection of sora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		sora	sorat
genitive		soran	sorien
partitive		soraa	soria
illative		soraan	soriin
		singular	plural
nominative		sora	sorat
accusative	nom.	sora	sorat
	gen.	soran
genitive		soran	sorien sorainrare
partitive		soraa	soria
inessive		sorassa	sorissa
elative		sorasta	sorista
illative		soraan	soriin
adessive		soralla	sorilla
ablative		soralta	sorilta
allative		soralle	sorille
essive		sorana	sorina
translative		soraksi	soriksi
instructive		—	sorin
abessive		soratta	soritta
comitative		—	sorineen

Possessive forms of sora (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	sorani	soramme
2nd person	sorasi	soranne
3rd person	soransa

Anagrams

• Rosa, oras

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Hungarian

Etymology

sor +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃorɒ]
• Hyphenation: so‧ra

Noun

sora

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of sor

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	sora	—
accusative	sorát	—
dative	sorának	—
instrumental	sorával	—
causal-final	soráért	—
translative	sorává	—
terminative	soráig	—
essive-formal	soraként	—
essive-modal	sorául	—
inessive	sorában	—
superessive	során	—
adessive	soránál	—
illative	sorába	—
sublative	sorára	—
allative	sorához	—
elative	sorából	—
delative	soráról	—
ablative	sorától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	soráé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	soráéi	—

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Japanese

Romanization

sora

1. Rōmaji transcription of そら

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Lombard

Etymology

From sopra.

Adverb

sora

1. above

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Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin soror.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔrɐ/

Noun

sora

1. sister

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈso.ra/

Noun

sora f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of soră

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Puter, Vallader) sour

Etymology

From Latin soror, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Noun

sora f (plural soras)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) sister

Coordinate terms

• (in terms of gender):
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) frar
  • (Puter) frer