durra
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English
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʊəɹə
Noun
durra (usually uncountable, plural durras)
- A kind of millet, a variety of sorghum; Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor).
- 2019, Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Hamish Hamilton, page 24:
- The moonlight boy told me that it was soon time to gather the durra harvest.
Translations
Sorghum bicolor — see sorghum
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Finnish
Etymology
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Noun
durra
Declension
| Inflection of durra (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | durra | durrat | |
| genitive | durran | durrien | |
| partitive | durraa | durria | |
| illative | durraan | durriin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | durra | durrat | |
| accusative | nom. | durra | durrat |
| gen. | durran | ||
| genitive | durran | durrien durrain rare | |
| partitive | durraa | durria | |
| inessive | durrassa | durrissa | |
| elative | durrasta | durrista | |
| illative | durraan | durriin | |
| adessive | durralla | durrilla | |
| ablative | durralta | durrilta | |
| allative | durralle | durrille | |
| essive | durrana | durrina | |
| translative | durraksi | durriksi | |
| abessive | durratta | durritta | |
| instructive | — | durrin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Further reading
- “durra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02