nira
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Catío Chibcha
Noun
nira
References
- Paul Rivet, Nouvelle contribution à l’étude de l’ethnologie précolombienne de Colombie, Journal de la Société des Américanistes, volume 35 (1943), page 26
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay nira, from Pali nira (“water”), from Sanskrit नीर (nīra, “water, juice, liquor”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nira
Further reading
- “nira” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese
Romanization
nira
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic نِيرْ (nīr).
Pronunciation
Noun
nira class IX (plural nira class X)
Tahitian
Verb
nira
Tanema
Noun
nira
References
- Alexandre François, The languages of Vanikoro: Three lexicons and one grammar, in Discovering history through language: Papers in honour of Malcolm Ross (Bethwyn Evans, editor), Pacific Linguistics 605 (2009, Canberra: Australian National University)