noora

See also: Noora

Fula

Alternative forms
  • (Fouta-Toro) noorwa
  • (Maasina) nooda
  • (Liptaako) ŋata
  • (Adamawa) gilaŋeeru
  • (Pulaar) nóóróó

Etymology

From Proto-Fula-Serer *noox/r, whence also Serer noox.[1]

Noun

noora mba

  1. (Pular) crocodile, caiman

References
  1. Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022) Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Compartative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 130

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *noora. Cognates include Finnish nuora and Veps nor.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈnoːrɑ/, [ˈnoːr]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈnoːrɑ/, [ˈno̝ːrɑ]
  • Rhymes: -oːr, -oːrɑ
  • Hyphenation: noo‧ra

Noun

noora

  1. cord, string

Declension
Declension of noora (type 3/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative noora noorat
genitive nooran nooriin
partitive nooraa nooria
illative nooraa noorii
inessive nooraas nooriis
elative noorast noorist
allative nooralle noorille
adessive nooraal nooriil
ablative nooralt noorilt
translative nooraks nooriks
essive nooranna, nooraan noorinna, nooriin
exessive1) noorant noorint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

Derived terms

References
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 347

Kikuyu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nɔːɾa/

Verb

noora (infinitive kũnoora)

  1. to sharpen (on grindstone)

(Nouns)

References
  • Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
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