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See also: Appendix:Variations of "kora"

English

Etymology

From Bambara kɔ́ra.

Pronunciation

Noun

kora (plural koras)

  1. (music) A type of harp or lute played in West Africa.
    • 2009 April 17, The New York Times, “Pop Listings”, in New York Times‎:
      He is performing here with his Symmetric Orchestra, an ensemble of West African musicians who play both traditional instruments (kora, balafon, bolombatto, djembe) and slightly more contemporary ones (guitars, keyboards).
    • 2015, J. Kenneth Moore, Jayson Kerr Dobney, E Bradley Strachen-Scherer, Musical Instruments: Highlights of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 172:
      Since its invention, probably in sixteenth-century Senegal, the kora has been used by professional bards called jalis, or griots. The plucked instrument's harplike sound accompanies the jali's song—praise for patrons, histories and genealogies, satire, political commentary, and poetic recitation.

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Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. cardiac (relating to the heart)
  2. heartfelt, cordial

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkorɒ]
  • Hyphenation: ko‧ra
  • Homophone: Cora (hypermarket in Hungary between 1997 and 2012)
  • Rhymes: -rɒ

Etymology 1

Back-formation from korán (“early”).

Adjective

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

  1. early (near the start or beginning)
    kora nyár ― early summer
  2. early (at a time in advance of the usual or expected event)
    kora halál ― an 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 kora ― his/her age
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
Derived terms
  • korabeli
  • kori (Etymology 2)

Further reading

  • kora in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Japanese

Romanization

kora

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

Latvian

Noun

kora m

  1. genitive singular of koris

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

kora n

  1. definite singular of kor

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • (noun): IPA(key): /ˈkuː.rɑ/
  • (verb): IPA(key): /²kuː.rɑ/

Noun

kora n

  1. definite singular of kor

Verb

kora (present tense korar, past tense kora, past participle kora, passive infinitive korast, present participle korande, imperative kora/kor)

  1. alternative form of kore

Polish

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kora. Doublet of skóra, szer, and szkier.

Noun

kora f

  1. bark (of trees)
  2. crust
  3. cortex
Declension
Declension of kora
More information singular, nominative ...
  • korowy
  • podkorowy

Etymology 2

Noun

kora f

  1. (sculpture) kore
Declension
Declension of kora
More information singular, plural ...

Etymology 3

Noun

kora f

  1. kora (string instrument)
Declension
Declension of kora
More information singular, plural ...

Further reading

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

Noun

kora f

  1. (botany) bark, crust (Dolenjski Romani dialect)

References

  • Cech, Petra & Heinschink, Mozes F. (2002). Vokabular der Dolenjski Roma aus Novo Mesto und Bela Krajina, Slowenien. Grazer Linguistische Studien.

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-kóra (infinitive gukóra, perfective -kóze)

  1. do
  2. work
  3. fix

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kora.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kȍra f (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ра)

  1. bark (of trees)
  2. crust

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

References

  • “kora”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish kora, from Middle Low German koren. Cognate of Norwegian Bokmål kåre. From Proto-Germanic *kuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-. Compare origin of kurfurste, tjusa, villkor.

Pronunciation

Verb

kora (present korar, preterite korade, supine korat, imperative kora)

  1. choose, appoint

Conjugation

More information active, passive ...

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

Turkish

Noun

kora

  1. dative singular of kor

Vilamovian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish kara.

Noun

kora f

  1. punishment
    Synonym: śtröf

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kora

Pronunciation

Noun

kora

  1. woodpecker

Inflection

More information Declension of (type V/poikõ, no gradation), singular ...

References

  • Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “kora”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

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