jira

See also: JIRA, Jíra, and Jířa

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto jira and Nüpode Huitoto jira.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈhiɾa]
  • Hyphenation: ji‧ra

Postposition

jira

  1. because of
    • 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:1, page 5:
      Jesucristo rafuena omoɨmo cue lloiacana jira, naimɨe comɨnɨna nano lloitɨcue.
      Because of my wanting to tell you of the story of Jesus Christ, I will first tell of his people.

References
  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 137
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 156

Nafaanra

Noun

jira

  1. lion
    Synonym: blɛkpɔɔ

Spanish

Etymology 1

From jirón.

Noun

jira f (plural jiras)

  1. a large piece torn from a fabric

Noun

jira f (plural jiras)

  1. picnic

Further reading

Swahili

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindi जीरा (jīrā), from Sanskrit जीरक (jīraka).

Pronunciation
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Noun

jira (n class, plural jira)

  1. cumin (seeds used as a spice)

Etymology 2

From Arabic مَجْرًى (majran).[1]

Noun

jira (ma class, plural majira)

  1. (geometry, mathematics) axis, as on a graph
    Jira-x na jira-y hufafanua majiranukta kwenye bapa.
    The x-axis and y-axis define the coordinates on the plane.
Derived terms
  • majiranukta
See also

References
  1. Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57 Nr. 469
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