sora

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See also: Sora, SORA, sóra, sorã, and soră

English

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Etymology

Early 19th-century sources observe that this term was in use in Virginia; presumably it is from an Indigenous American language of that area. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

sora (plural soras)

  1. A rail (Porzana carolina) bird of North, Central, and northern South America.

Translations

Anagrams

Faroese

Verb

sora (third person singular past indicative soraði, third person plural past indicative sorað, supine sorað)

  1. to smash

Conjugation

Conjugation of sora (group v-30)
infinitive sora
supine sorað
participle (a6)1 sorandi soraður
present past
first singular sori soraði
second singular sorar soraði
third singular sorar soraði
plural sora soraðu
imperative
singular sora!
plural sorið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *cora, from Proto-Finno-Permic *ćora (“grain”), borrowing from early Proto-Balto-Slavic *śoros.[1] Related to Erzya сюро (śuro, “grain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsorɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞rɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -orɑ
  • Syllabification(key): so‧ra

Noun

sora

  1. gravel

Declension

Inflection of sora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative sora sorat
genitive soran sorien
partitive soraa soria
illative soraan soriin
singular plural
nominative sora sorat
accusative nom. sora sorat
gen. soran
genitive soran sorien
sorain rare
partitive soraa soria
inessive sorassa sorissa
elative sorasta sorista
illative soraan soriin
adessive soralla sorilla
ablative soralta sorilta
allative soralle sorille
essive sorana sorina
translative soraksi soriksi
abessive soratta soritta
instructive — sorin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sorani sorani
accusative nom. sorani sorani
gen. sorani
genitive sorani sorieni
soraini rare
partitive soraani soriani
inessive sorassani sorissani
elative sorastani soristani
illative soraani soriini
adessive sorallani sorillani
ablative soraltani soriltani
allative soralleni sorilleni
essive soranani sorinani
translative sorakseni sorikseni
abessive sorattani sorittani
instructive — —
comitative — sorineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sorasi sorasi
accusative nom. sorasi sorasi
gen. sorasi
genitive sorasi soriesi
soraisi rare
partitive soraasi soriasi
inessive sorassasi sorissasi
elative sorastasi soristasi
illative soraasi soriisi
adessive sorallasi sorillasi
ablative soraltasi soriltasi
allative sorallesi sorillesi
essive soranasi sorinasi
translative soraksesi soriksesi
abessive sorattasi sorittasi
instructive — —
comitative — sorinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative soramme soramme
accusative nom. soramme soramme
gen. soramme
genitive soramme soriemme
soraimme rare
partitive soraamme soriamme
inessive sorassamme sorissamme
elative sorastamme soristamme
illative soraamme soriimme
adessive sorallamme sorillamme
ablative soraltamme soriltamme
allative sorallemme sorillemme
essive soranamme sorinamme
translative soraksemme soriksemme
abessive sorattamme sorittamme
instructive — —
comitative — sorinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative soranne soranne
accusative nom. soranne soranne
gen. soranne
genitive soranne sorienne
sorainne rare
partitive soraanne sorianne
inessive sorassanne sorissanne
elative sorastanne soristanne
illative soraanne soriinne
adessive sorallanne sorillanne
ablative soraltanne soriltanne
allative sorallenne sorillenne
essive sorananne sorinanne
translative soraksenne soriksenne
abessive sorattanne sorittanne
instructive — —
comitative — sorinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative soransa soransa
accusative nom. soransa soransa
gen. soransa
genitive soransa soriensa
sorainsa rare
partitive soraansa soriaan
soriansa
inessive sorassaan
sorassansa 		sorissaan
sorissansa
elative sorastaan
sorastansa 		soristaan
soristansa
illative soraansa soriinsa
adessive sorallaan
sorallansa 		sorillaan
sorillansa
ablative soraltaan
soraltansa 		soriltaan
soriltansa
allative soralleen
sorallensa 		sorilleen
sorillensa
essive soranaan
soranansa 		sorinaan
sorinansa
translative sorakseen
soraksensa 		sorikseen
soriksensa
abessive sorattaan
sorattansa 		sorittaan
sorittansa
instructive — —
comitative — sorineen
sorinensa

Derived terms

compounds

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “sora”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01

Further reading

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

sor +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃorɒ]
  • Hyphenation: so‧ra

Noun

sora

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of sor

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative sora —
accusative sorát —
dative sorának —
instrumental sorával —
causal-final soráért —
translative sorává —
terminative soráig —
essive-formal soraként —
essive-modal sorául —
inessive sorában —
superessive során —
adessive soránál —
illative sorába —
sublative sorára —
allative sorához —
elative sorából —
delative soráról —
ablative sorától —
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		soráé —
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		soráéi —

Italian

Etymology 1

Compare suora.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔ.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ɔra
  • Hyphenation: sò‧ra

Noun

sora f (plural sore)

  1. (dialectal) sister; nun
    Synonym: sorella

Etymology 2

From signora.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔ.ra/, /ˈso.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ɔra, -ora
  • Hyphenation: sò‧ra, só‧ra

Noun

sora f (uncountable)

  1. (dialectal, chiefly Roman) female equivalent of sor; lady, miss (before personal names or professions)
    sora Lella ― Mrs. Lella

Japanese

Romanization

sora

  1. Rōmaji transcription of そら

Javanese

Romanization

sora

  1. Romanization of ꦱꦺꦴꦫ

Lombard

Etymology

From sopra.

Adverb

sora

  1. above

Macanese

Etymology

Clipping of Portuguese professora, feminine form of professor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔɾa/, /ˈsɔɾɐ/

Noun

sora (possibly slang)

  1. teacher
    Sora, ele sempre chubí eu!
    Teacher, he is always pinching me!
    Sora, êle dáli eu!
    Teacher, he is hitting me!
  2. professor

References

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin soror.

Pronunciation

Noun

sora f (plural sore)

  1. sister

Usage notes

The plural form is serure [səˈruːrə] in some dialects,[1][2] reflecting the Latin plural sorōrēs (> *serōrēs, via dissimilation).

References

  1. ^ Cortelazzo, Manlio. 2002. I dialetti Italiani: Storia, struttura, uso. Torino: UTET. Page 730.
  2. ^ AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 14: “tua sorella; le tue sorelle” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Verb

sora (present tense sorar, past tense sora, past participle sora, passive infinitive sorast, present participle sorande, imperative sora/sor)

  1. to be covered by thin ice layer (about water, stone or wood during a cold period of time)

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /so.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ra
  • Hyphenation: so‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वर (svara). Doublet of swara.

Adjective

sora

  1. loud
Descendants
  • > Javanese: ꦱꦺꦴꦫ (sora, “loud”) (inherited)
    • >? Malay: sorak
      • > Indonesian: sorak (inherited)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

sora

  1. name of an arrow

Further reading

  • "sora" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

sora f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of soră

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin soror, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Noun

sora f (plural soras)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) sister

Coordinate terms

  • (in terms of gender):
    • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) frar
    • (Puter) frer
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