abura

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba abùrà.

Pronunciation

Noun

abura (plural aburas)

  1. Any tree of species of genus Mitragyna:
    1. A medium-sized tropical African tree, Mitragyna stipulosa (syn. M. macrophylla, nom. illeg.), from the family Rubiaceae.[1][2][3]
    2. A large-sized tropical African tree, Mitragyna ledermannii (syn. Mitragyna ciliata)[4]
  2. The soft pale wood from the abura tree. [3]

Translations

References

  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN), page 8
  2. ^ Govaerts, R. et al. (2021). World Checklist of Rubiaceae. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; https://web.archive.org/web/20211212070536/https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=128806 Retrieved 19 March 2021
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abura”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.
  4. ^ Walker, Aidan (1989, 2005) The Encyclopedia of Wood: A Tree-by-tree Guide to the World's Most Versatile Resource, Quarto
  • Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses‎, London: Oxford University Press, pages 685, 838

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

abura

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

Japanese

Romanization

abura

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あぶら

Yilan Creole

Etymology

From Japanese あぶら (abura, “oil”).

Noun

abura

  1. oil
  2. gasoline

References

  • 真田信治 (2015) “宜蘭クレオールにおけるsound substitutionについて ”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎
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