gera

See also: Gera, geɽa, géra, and ġera

Basque

Noun

gera

  1. allative singular of ge

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guerra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeɾa/, [ˈɡe.ɾa]
  • Hyphenation: ge‧ra

Noun

géra

  1. war
    Synonym: (archaic) gubat

Derived terms

  • kagera
  • maggera
  • makigera

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃeːɹa/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gera, gøra, gørva, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną.

Verb

gera (third person singular past indicative gjørdi, supine gjørt)

  1. to do, to make
Conjugation
Conjugation of gera (group v-31)
infinitive gera
supine gjørt
participle (a7)1 gerandi gjørdur
present past
first singular geri gjørdi
second singular gert gjørdi
third singular ger gjørdi
plural gera gjørdu
imperative
singular ger!
plural gerið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Etymology 2

From Danish gære, from German gären.

Verb

gera (third person singular past indicative geraði, supine gerað)

  1. to ferment, to brew
Conjugation
Conjugation of gera (group v-30)
infinitive gera
supine gerað
participle (a6)1 gerandi geraður
present past
first singular geri geraði
second singular gerar geraði
third singular gerar geraði
plural gera geraðu
imperative
singular gera!
plural gerið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse gera, gøra, gørva, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcɛːra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːra

Verb

gera (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gerði, supine gert)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to do
    Hvað ertu að gera?
    What are you doing?
    Letingjar gera aldrei neitt.
    Loafers never do anything.
  2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to make
  3. to arbitrate, to determine
  4. (impersonal) used with nouns denoting a weather condition to indicate that that type of weather is going on
    Það gerði rigningu.
    It rained.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣɛɾa/

Verb

gera (infinitive kũgera)

  1. to count, to measure, to reckon[1]
    Mũndũ ageraga maimwo, ndageraga maheo.One counts refusals, does not count gifts.[2]
  2. to pass through
    Ĩgĩtithia gwĩciiria njĩra ĩrĩa ĩĩkũgera.[The hyena (hiti)] stopped to consider which road he was going to take.[3]

Derived terms

(Nouns)

References

  1. “gera” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 108. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. Cagnolo, C. (1933). The Akikuyu: Their Customs, Traditions and Folklore, p. 220. Nyeri, Kenya: Akikuyu in the Mission Printing School.
  3. Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, pp. 302303. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Anagrams

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʲɛˈra/

Adjective

gerà

  1. nominative/instrumental feminine singular of geras

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin glarea.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛra/, /d͡ʒera/

Noun

gera f

  1. gravel

Luang

Noun

gera

  1. (Moa) water

Synonyms

References

  • Leti (2004, →ISBN, page 29 (comparative wordlist)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (to prepare).

Verb

gera (singular past indicative gerði, plural past indicative gerðu, past participle gerðr)

  1. to do, make

Conjugation

Descendants

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ

Verb

gera

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gérer.

Verb

a gera (third-person singular present gerează, past participle gerat) 1st conj.

  1. to manage

Conjugation

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guierra, from Early Medieval Latin werra, from Frankish *werru (confusion; quarrel).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈɡeɾa/ [ˈɡɛ.ɾɐ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾa
  • Syllabification: ge‧ra
  • Homophone: Guerra

Noun

gera (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜇ)

  1. Alternative form of giyera

Venetian

Verb

gera

  1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of èser
  2. third-person plural imperfect indicative of èser

Yogad

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guerra.

Noun

gera

  1. war
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