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English
Noun
amra
- A hog plum (Spondias mombin}.
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
From Sanskrit आम्र (āmra, “mango”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amra/
- Hyphenation: am‧ra
Noun
amra (first-person possessive amraku, second-person possessive amramu, third-person possessive amranya)
- Spondias pinnata, one of the plants called common hog plum.
Further reading
Middle Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish amrae.
Pronunciation
Adjective
amra
- wonderful, marvelous
c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:Boí rí amra for Laignib, .i. Mac Dathó a ainm.- There was a wonderful king over Leinster; Mac Dathó was his name.
Descendants
Mutation
Middle Irish mutation
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amra |
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n-amra
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From English hammer or Dutch hamer.
Noun
amra
- hammer
Derived terms