kora

See also: Kora, korą, kóra, kôra, kōra, köra, køra, and kōŗa

English

Etymology

Noun

kora (plural koras)

  1. (music) A type of harp played in West Africa.

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams


Esperanto

Etymology

From koro (heart) + -a (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈkora/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧ra
  • Rhymes: -ora

Adjective

kora (accusative singular koran, plural koraj, accusative plural korajn)

  1. relating to the heart; cardiac
  2. heartfelt, cordial

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkorɒ]
  • Hyphenation: ko‧ra

Etymology 1

Back-formation from korán (early).

Adjective

kora (comparative (archaic) korább, superlative (archaic) legkorább)

  1. early (near the start or beginning)
    kora nyárearly summer
  2. early (at a time in advance of the usual or expected event)
    kora halálan early death
Derived terms

(Compound words):

Etymology 2

kor (age) + -a (possessive suffix)

Noun

kora

  1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of kor
    az ő korahis/her age
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kora
accusative korát
dative korának
instrumental korával
causal-final koráért
translative korává
terminative koráig
essive-formal koraként
essive-modal korául
inessive korában
superessive korán
adessive koránál
illative korába
sublative korára
allative korához
elative korából
delative koráról
ablative korától

Further reading

  • kora in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.

Japanese

Romanization

kora

  1. Rōmaji transcription of コラ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of こら

Latvian

Noun

kora m

  1. genitive singular form of koris

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.ra/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kora.

Noun

kora f

  1. bark (of trees)
  2. crust
  3. cortex
Declension
  • korowy, podkorowy

Etymology 2

Noun

kora f

  1. (sculpture) kore
Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

kora f

  1. kora (string instrument)
Declension

Further reading

  • kora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kora

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kôra/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧ra

Noun

kȍra f (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ра)

  1. bark (of trees)
  2. crust

Declension

References

  • kora” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Turkish

Noun

kora

  1. dative singular of kor

Vilamovian

Noun

kora f

  1. punishment

Synonyms


Westrobothnian

Verb

kora

  1. Alternative spelling of köra
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