gira

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Kambaata gira, Sidamo gira and Saho gira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiˈra/,
• Hyphenation: gi‧ra

Noun

girá f (plural giraarí f)

1. (collective) fire
2. (collective) firearms

Declension

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “gira”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gi‧ra
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiɾaʔ/,

Noun

girà

1. print; trace

   Synonyms: agi, batay

   Gira kan muro/guramoy

   Fingerprint

   Gira kan bitis

   Footprint

Derived terms

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Rhymes: -iɾa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from girar.

Noun

gira f (plural gires)

1. tour
2. turn-up, cuff (of trousers)

Etymology 2

Verb

gira

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

Further reading

• “gira” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “gira” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guerra.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gi‧ra
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiɾa/,

Noun

gira

1. war; warfare

Verb

gira

1. to go to war; to enter into an armed conflict
2. to wage war

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.ʁa/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophones: giras, girât

Verb

gira

1. third-person singular past historic of girer

Anagrams

• agir, Riga

Italian

Verb

gira

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

Anagrams

• Agri, Riga, agri, agri-, riga

Lithuanian

Etymology

Possibly related to gerti (“to drink”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

gira f

1. kvass

Maranao

Noun

gira

1. war

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• girene

Noun

gira n pl

1. definite plural of gir

Anagrams

• Riga

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the verb, ultimately from English gear (preserving the g-sound).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡira/

Adjective

gira (singular and plural gira, comparative meir gira, superlative mest gira)

1. keen (on something), craving (after something)

   Synonyms: keen, sugen

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡira/

Noun

gira n pl

1. definite plural of gir

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English gear, preserving the g-sound.

Alternative forms

• gire (e-infinitive)
• gir (apocope, eye dialect)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡira/

Verb

gira (present tense girar, past tense gira, past participle gira, passive infinitive girast, present participle girande, imperative gira/gir)

1. to gear
2. to drive (the car or even a bicycle) faster

References

• “gira” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.ra/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ira
• Syllabification: gi‧ra

Etymology 1

Possibly inherited from Old Polish giża (“ham, buttock”), from Proto-Slavic *gyža (“stump”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gúnˀźjāˀ (“clump”) (possibly *gū́ˀźjāˀ), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *genǵ- or *gunǵ- (“to clump, to curl”).

Noun

gira f (augmentative girsko)

1. (colloquial) leg

   Synonyms: noga, szkita

2. (Poznań, cooking) pickled ham hock

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian ги́ря (gírja), from Old East Slavic гыря (gyrja).

Noun

gira f

1. (Vilnius) weight (standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object)

   Synonym: ciężarek

Declension

Further reading

• gira in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gira in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

gira

1. feminine singular of giro

Etymology 2

Verb

gira

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

Etymology 3

Verb

gira

1. inflection of gerir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Verb

a gira (third-person singular present girează, past participle girat) 1st conj.

1. Alternative form of gera

Conjugation

Sambali

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guerra (“war”).

Noun

gira

1. war

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxiɾa/
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Syllabification: gi‧ra

Etymology 1

Deverbal from girar.

Noun

gira f (plural giras)

1. tour (a journey through a list of places)

   gira por Europa ― European tour

   • 2018 July 9, “La visita de Trump a Europa plasma el nuevo orden de Estados Unidos”, in El País‎:

     El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, emprende mañana martes una gira que plasma el nuevo orden en Washington, en el que la defensa y el comercio se contemplan con el mismo prisma y los viejos aliados son hoy rivales.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• → Tagalog: hira

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gira

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

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch gieren (“to yaw”) or Low German giren. Cognate of German gieren, Danish gire.

Verb

gira (present girar, preterite girade, supine girat, imperative gira)

1. (land vehicles) to swerve, to veer (turn quickly to the side (to avoid a collision))

   Bilen girade för cyklisten

   The car swerved to avoid hitting the cyclist

2. (nautical, aviation) to yaw, to turn

Conjugation

Related terms

• gir

Further reading

• gira in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• gira in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• Riga