bira

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Barngarla

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Cognate with Yankunytjatjara piṟa.

Noun

bira

  1. moon

Etymology 2

Adjective

bira

  1. plucked

References

Basque

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

bira inan

  1. turn
  2. half turn
  3. tour (a journey through a list of places)
  4. (physics) revolution, rotation
Declension
Declension of bira (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive bira bira birak
ergative birak birak birek
dative birari birari birei
genitive biraren biraren biren
comitative birarekin birarekin birekin
causative birarengatik birarengatik birengatik
benefactive birarentzat birarentzat birentzat
instrumental biraz biraz birez
inessive biratan biran biretan
locative biratako birako biretako
allative biratara birara biretara
terminative birataraino biraraino biretaraino
directive biratarantz birarantz biretarantz
destinative biratarako birarako biretarako
ablative biratatik biratik biretatik
partitive birarik — —
prolative biratzat — —

Etymology 2

Verb

bira

  1. Third-person plural (haiek) present imperative form of izan.
    Synonym: bitez
Usage notes

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edin instead of izan.

Etymology 3

Numeral

bira

  1. allative singular of bi

Further reading

  • "bira" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “bira” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish virar.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bi‧ra
  • IPA(key): /biˈɾa/,

Verb

birá

  1. to pull
    Synonym: bitad
  2. to beat up
    Synonym: pawo
  3. (slang) to have sex
    Synonym: iyot
  4. (slang) an affirmative response to an invite

Chichewa

Pronunciation

Noun

birá class 1a (plural abirá class 2)

  1. sheep
    Synonym: nkhosa

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian birra, from German Bier. Doublet of bir.

Noun

bira f

  1. (Luserna) beer

References

Indonesian

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Noun

bira (first-person possessive biraku, second-person possessive biramu, third-person possessive biranya)

  1. giant taro, elephant ear taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos)

Interlingua

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Noun

bira (plural biras)

  1. beer

Jamamadí

Noun

bira

  1. (Banawá) battery (device storing electricity)

References

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese virar.

Verb

bira

  1. to turn

Ladino

Noun

bira f (Latin spelling)

  1. beer

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bira

  1. as a brother

Noun

bira ? (plural birayên)

  1. brother

Related terms

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Monastic borrowing from Medieval Latin pira. The earlier Proto-West Germanic *peru would have yielded Old High German *phera.

Noun

bira f

  1. pear

Descendants

  • Middle High German: bir, bire, pir
    • Alemannic German: Biire
    • Bavarian: Birn
    • German: Birne
    • Hunsrik: Bern
    • Luxembourgish: Bir
    • Vilamovian: biyn
    • Yiddish: באַר (bar)

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese virar and Kabuverdianu bira.

Verb

bira

  1. to turn
  2. to bend

Portuguese

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from Venetian bira.

Pronunciation

Noun

bira f (plural biras)

  1. (South Brazil) beer
    Bora tomar uma bira lá!
    Let's take a beer (drink) there!

Further reading

  • "Bira" on Dicionário Informal

Rukai

Noun

bira

  1. fart sound

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetian bira or Italian birra.

Pronunciation

Noun

bira f (Cyrillic spelling бира)

  1. (Chakavian) beer

Swedish

Etymology

From German Bier through the Månsing slang.

Noun

bira c

  1. (slang) a (glass, bottle, or can of) beer; brewsky.
    knäcka en bira
    crack a beer

Declension

Declension of bira 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bira biran biror birorna
Genitive biras birans birors birornas

Synonyms

Derived terms

Tabaru

Etymology

Probably from Austronesian; compare Proto-Sangiric *biʀas ("rice")

Pronunciation

Noun

bira

  1. rice

References

  • Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish virar (“to veer”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈɾa/,
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ra

Noun

birá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ)

  1. strong or violent pull or tug
  2. severe beating by way of chastisement
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish vida (“life”). Doublet of bida.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiɾa/,
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ra

Noun

bira (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ) (endearing, obsolete)

  1. a term of endearment used for young children

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiɾaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ra

Noun

birà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ) (obsolete)

  1. Alternative form of dira

Further reading

Ternate

Etymology

Probably from Austronesian; compare Proto-Sangiric *biʀas ("rice"). Compare to Indonesian beras.

Pronunciation

Noun

bira (Jawi بيراة)

  1. rice (cooked or uncooked)

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Etymology

From Italian birra.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bira (definite accusative birayı, plural biralar)

  1. beer

Usage notes

  • The plural form is mainly used when referring to types of beer.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative bira
Definite accusative birayı
Singular Plural
Nominative bira biralar
Definite accusative birayı biraları
Dative biraya biralara
Locative birada biralarda
Ablative biradan biralardan
Genitive biranın biraların

Derived terms

Venetian

Noun

bira f (plural bire)

  1. beer
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