pora

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pora"

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish borr (“drill”) or borra (“to drill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈporɑ/, [ˈpo̞rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -orɑ
• Syllabification^(key): po‧ra

Noun

pora

1. drill

Declension

Inflection of pora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		pora	porat
genitive		poran	porien
partitive		poraa	poria
illative		poraan	poriin
		singular	plural
nominative		pora	porat
accusative	nom.	pora	porat
	gen.	poran
genitive		poran	porien porain rare
partitive		poraa	poria
inessive		porassa	porissa
elative		porasta	porista
illative		poraan	poriin
adessive		poralla	porilla
ablative		poralta	porilta
allative		poralle	porille
essive		porana	porina
translative		poraksi	poriksi
abessive		poratta	poritta
instructive		—	porin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative porani porani accusative nom. porani porani gen. porani genitive porani porieni poraini rare partitive poraani poriani inessive porassani porissani elative porastani poristani illative poraani poriini adessive porallani porillani ablative poraltani poriltani allative poralleni porilleni essive poranani porinani translative porakseni porikseni abessive porattani porittani instructive — — comitative — porineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative porasi porasi accusative nom. porasi porasi gen. porasi genitive porasi poriesi poraisi rare partitive poraasi poriasi inessive porassasi porissasi elative porastasi poristasi illative poraasi poriisi adessive porallasi porillasi ablative poraltasi poriltasi allative porallesi porillesi essive poranasi porinasi translative poraksesi poriksesi abessive porattasi porittasi instructive — — comitative — porinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative poramme poramme accusative nom. poramme poramme gen. poramme genitive poramme poriemme poraimme rare partitive poraamme poriamme inessive porassamme porissamme elative porastamme poristamme illative poraamme poriimme adessive porallamme porillamme ablative poraltamme poriltamme allative porallemme porillemme essive poranamme porinamme translative poraksemme poriksemme abessive porattamme porittamme instructive — — comitative — porinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative poranne poranne accusative nom. poranne poranne gen. poranne genitive poranne porienne porainne rare partitive poraanne porianne inessive porassanne porissanne elative porastanne poristanne illative poraanne poriinne adessive porallanne porillanne ablative poraltanne poriltanne allative porallenne porillenne essive porananne porinanne translative poraksenne poriksenne abessive porattanne porittanne instructive — — comitative — porinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative poransa poransa accusative nom. poransa poransa gen. poransa genitive poransa poriensa porainsa rare partitive poraansa poriaan poriansa inessive porassaan porassansa porissaan porissansa elative porastaan porastansa poristaan poristansa illative poraansa poriinsa adessive porallaan porallansa porillaan porillansa ablative poraltaan poraltansa poriltaan poriltansa allative poralleen porallensa porilleen porillensa essive poranaan poranansa porinaan porinansa translative porakseen poraksensa porikseen poriksensa abessive porattaan porattansa porittaan porittansa instructive — — comitative — porineen porinensa

Derived terms

• porata

 

compounds

• akkuporakone
• askelpora
• drillipora
• hammaspora
• iskupora
• kalvinpora
• katupora
• keskiöpora
• kierrepora
• kivipora
• konepora
• kärkipora
• käsipora
• metallipora
• nurmipora
• omenapora
• paineilmapora
• porakaivo
• porakone
• poranterä
• poranvarsi
• porapaalutus
• poraruuvi
• poravasara
• putkipora
• puupora
• rintapora
• sähköpora
• timanttipora
• tulipora
• upotuspora

 

Related terms

• porata

Further reading

• “pora”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• apro

Garo

Etymology

From Bengali [Term?].

Noun

pora

1. reading, lesson

Hungarian

Etymology

por (“dust, powder”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈporɒ]
• Hyphenation: po‧ra

Noun

pora

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	pora	—
accusative	porát	—
dative	porának	—
instrumental	porával	—
causal-final	poráért	—
translative	porává	—
terminative	poráig	—
essive-formal	poraként	—
essive-modal	porául	—
inessive	porában	—
superessive	porán	—
adessive	poránál	—
illative	porába	—
sublative	porára	—
allative	porához	—
elative	porából	—
delative	poráról	—
ablative	porától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	poráé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	poráéi	—

Karelian

Noun

pora

1. drill

Latvian

Noun

pora m

1. (dialectal) genitive singular of pors

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• (porà) IPA^(key): /poːˈra/
• (põra) IPA^(key): /ˈpoːra/

Noun

porà f (plural põros) stress pattern 4

1. pair

Declension

Declension of porà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	porà	põros
genitive (kilmininkas)	porõs	porų̃
dative (naudininkas)	põrai	poróms
accusative (galininkas)	põrą	poràs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	porà	poromìs
locative (vietininkas)	porojè	porosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	põra	põros

Lombard

Alternative forms

• pavura (Western)
• pagura, paüra (Western orthographies)
• póra, pòra, pura (Eastern orthographies)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pavor (“fear”), probably through Vulgar Latin *pavora, with gender change.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoːra/
  • IPA^(key): [ˈpurɑ] (Bergamasque)
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːra/
  • IPA^(key): [ˈporɑ] (Brescian)
  • IPA^(key): [ˈpɔːra] (Trentino)

Noun

pora f (plural pore)

1. Eastern form of pavura (“fear”).

Lower Sorbian

Verb

pora

1. Superseded spelling of póra.

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

Inherited from Assamese পঢ়া (porha), from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀧𑀠𑀇 (paḍhaï), ultimately from Sanskrit पठति (paṭhati).

Verb

pora

1. read

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• poren

Noun

pora m or f

1. definite feminine singular of pore

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

pora f

1. definite singular of pore

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.ɾa/
• Rhymes: -ɔɾa
• Hyphenation: po‧ra

Etymology 1

From por (“to jump”) +‎ -a.

Noun

pora (possessable)

1. jump; hop

   Synonym: perereka

Etymology 2

From por (“full”) +‎ -a.

Noun

pora (possessable)

1. content; contents (that which is contained)
2. component (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: pura, -pura

Etymology 3

Noun

pora (possessable)

1. fruit (end result, effect or consequence)

Etymology 4

Noun

pora (absolute mora) (possessable)

1. inhabitant (someone or thing who lives in a place)

   Synonym: ekoara

Etymology 5

Noun

pora (absolute mora) (possessable)

1. bruise; scratch (mark on the skin left by a blow)
2. mark; print (visible impression left on a surface)

   pypora ― footprint

Derived terms

• tatapora

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pora”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil‎^[2] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 395–396

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.ra/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: po‧ra

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pora.

Noun

pora f

1. time

   Synonyms: czas, okres

   do tej pory ― ever, so far

   pory roku ― seasons

2. interval

Declension

Declension of pora

	singular	plural
nominative	pora	pory
genitive	pory	pór/por
dative	porze	porom
accusative	porę	pory
instrumental	porą	porami
locative	porze	porach
vocative	poro	pory

Verb

pora impf (defective)

1. (intransitive) it is time [+infinitive] or [+żeby] or [+ na (accusative)] or [+ do (genitive)]

   Synonym: czas

Conjugation

Conjugation of pora def

present tense	pora
past tense	było pora
future tense	będzie pora
conditional	byłoby pora
imperative	niech będzie pora

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

pora m inan or m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of por

Further reading

• pora I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pora II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǒːra/
• Hyphenation: po‧ra

Noun

póra f (Cyrillic spelling по́ра)

1. pore

Declension

Declension of pora

	singular	plural
nominative	póra	pore
genitive	pore	pórā
dative	pori	porama
accusative	poru	pore
vocative	poro	pore
locative	pori	porama
instrumental	porom	porama

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoɾa/ [ˈpo.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: po‧ra

Preposition

pora

1. Obsolete form of para.

Further reading

• “pora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-pora (infinitive kupora)

1. to rob, to snatch, to steal

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pora
Positive present -napora Subjunctive -pore Negative -pori Imperative singular pora
Infinitives
Positive kupora Negative kutopora
Imperatives
Singular pora Plural poreni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupora Positive past positive subject concord + -lipora Negative past negative subject concord + -kupora
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napora) Singular Plural 1st person ninapora/napora tunapora 2nd person unapora mnapora 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapora wanapora other classes positive subject concord + -napora
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pori) Singular Plural 1st person sipori hatupori 2nd person hupori hampori 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapori hawapori other classes negative subject concord + -pori
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapora Negative future negative subject concord + -tapora
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pore) Singular Plural 1st person nipore tupore 2nd person upore mpore 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apore wapore other classes positive subject concord + -pore
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipore Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepora Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepora Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipora Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipora
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apora) Singular Plural 1st person napora twapora 2nd person wapora mwapora 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apora wapora m-mi(III/IV) wapora yapora ji-ma(V/VI) lapora yapora ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapora vyapora n(IX/X) yapora zapora u(XI) wapora see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapora pa(XVI) papora mu(XVIII) mwapora
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepora "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapora "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japora "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipora "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopora Consecutive kapora / positive subject concord + -kapora Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapore
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipora -tupora 2nd person -kupora -wapora/-kuporeni/-waporeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpora -wapora m-mi(III/IV) -upora -ipora ji-ma(V/VI) -lipora -yapora ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipora -vipora n(IX/X) -ipora -zipora u(XI) -upora see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupora pa(XVI) -papora mu(XVIII) -mupora Reflexive -jipora
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pora- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -poraye -porao m-mi(III/IV) -porao -porayo ji-ma(V/VI) -poralo -porayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -poracho -poravyo n(IX/X) -porayo -porazo u(XI) -porao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -porako pa(XVI) -porapo mu(XVIII) -poramo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pora) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepora -opora m-mi(III/IV) -opora -yopora ji-ma(V/VI) -lopora -yopora ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopora -vyopora n(IX/X) -yopora -zopora u(XI) -opora see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopora pa(XVI) -popora mu(XVIII) -mopora
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • uporaji (“looting”)

Venetian

Adjective

pora

1. feminine singular of poro

Yanomamö

Noun

pora

1. rapids, waterfall

References

• Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN