amora

From amoro +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /aˈmora/
• Rhymes: -ora
• Hyphenation: a‧mo‧ra

amora (accusative singular amoran, plural amoraj, accusative plural amorajn)

1. sexual

   amora kontakto / sperto ― sexual contact / experience

   amora sceno ― sex scene

• mora

From Old Galician-Portuguese mora (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *mora, from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).

• IPA^(key): /aˈmɔɾa̝/

amora f (plural amoras)

1. blackberry
   • 1845, Alberto Camino, O desconsolo:

     Xa non iremos mais po-los roleiros
     en compaña amorosa áas moras, non.
     Nin baixo dos follosos ameneiros
     as coitas che direi do corazon.

     We'll no longer go by the hedges
     in loving company for blackberries, no.
     Nor under the leafy alders
     the afflictions of the heart I'll tell you.

2. mulberry (fruit)

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “amora”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “amora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “amora”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “amora”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *mōra, from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).

• IPA^(key): /aˈmuro̞/

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amora f (plural amoras)

1. mulberry
2. blackberry

• amorièr

From Vulgar Latin *mōra, from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron), from Proto-Indo-European *moro. Compare Galician amora, Italian and Spanish mora and French mûre.

amora f (plural amoras)

1. mulberry (fruit)
2. (by analogy) blackberry

   Synonyms: amora-silvestre, silva

• amoreira (“mulberry tree”)

• morango (“strawberry”)
• mórula