bera

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bera

1. fence

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /beɾa/ [be.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa, -a
• Hyphenation: be‧ra

From the Proto-Basque root *ber-.

bera (postposed)

1. the same

   Ikasle bera izan da leihoa apurtu duena. ― That same student has broken the window.

• This term is used anaphorically, referencing a noun that has already been mentioned.
• This term is declined differently depending on whether it's used as a determiner or a pronoun (unlike hau, hori and hura).

bera

1. Third-person singular personal pronoun; he, she, it

   Synonym: hura

   Berarekin etorri zinen. ― You came with him/her.

2. oneself, in person (used for greater emphasis)

   Nire amonak berak egingo ditu erosketak. ― My grandmother herself will do the shopping.

   Nire etxean bertan nago. ― I'm at my own house.

• Unlike the determiner, this term isn't used anaphorically. Rather, it is used as an emphatic version of hura (similar to the pair ni/neu).
• This term is declined differently depending on whether it's used as a determiner or a pronoun (unlike hau, hori and hura).
• When used in the second sense, both the noun and the pronoun are declined.

From Proto-Basque *bera.

bera (comparative berago, superlative beren, excessive beregi)

1. soft, smooth
2. gentle, soft, mild

bera

1. allative singular of be

• “bera”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “bera”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛra]
• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Hyphenation: be‧ra

bera

1. masculine singular present transgressive of brát

• rabe

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeːɹa/
• Rhymes: -eːɹa
• Homophone: Bera

From berur.

bera f (genitive singular beru, plural berur)

1. clearing

• beri

From Old Norse bera (“to bear”), from Proto-Germanic *beraną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

bera (takes accusative object, third person singular past indicative bar, third person plural past indicative bóru, supine borið)

1. to bear, to carry

   tað ber ikki til ― this is impossible

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛːra/
• Rhymes: -ɛːra
• Homophone: Bera

From Old Norse bera (“to bear”), from Proto-Germanic *beraną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

bera (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative bar, third-person plural past indicative báru, supine borið)

1. to carry, to bear [with accusative]

   Synonym: halda á

2. (of cows and sheep) to give birth [with accusative]

   Synonym: ala

3. (impersonal) denotes an obligation or duty to do something
   • Article 1, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Icelandic, English)

     Hver maður er borinn frjáls og jafn öðrum að virðingu og réttindum. Menn eru gæddir vitsmunum og samvizku, og ber þeim að breyta bróðurlega hverjum við annan.

     All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

   Mér ber að fara í stríð.

   It is my duty to go to war.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Old Norse bera, from Proto-Germanic *bazōną.

bera (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative beraði, supine berað)

1. to bare

bera

1. Rōmaji transcription of べら
2. Rōmaji transcription of ベラ

From Proto-North Sarawak [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

bera

1. rice ((raw) seeds used as food)

Borrowed from Bengali ভেড়া (bheṛa).

• IPA^(key): /be˧.ra˩/

bera

1. sheep

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎^[1], Payap University, page 74

bēra

1. inflection of bērus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

bērā

1. ablative feminine singular of bērus

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bera”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• "bera", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “bera”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Probably from Sicilian brillari.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.ra/

bera (imperfect jibri, past participle mibri, verbal noun biri)

1. to shine

From Malay berak.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ra/
• Hyphenation: be‧ra

bera

1. to defecate, take a shit

   Synonym: (polite) buang aer basár

• IPA^(key): /²bɛːra/, /²bɛr(ː)a/
• Hyphenation: bè‧ra

From Old Norse bera, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Akin to English bear.

• bere (e infinitive)
• bårå, bårrå (dialectal)

bera (present tense ber, past tense bar, supine bore, past participle boren, present participle berande, imperative ber)

1. to carry, bear

   Kor langt skal eg bera dette?

   How far shall I carry this?

   Vil isen bera oss?

   Will the ice bear us?

• bene, benelde
• bær

bera f

1. definite singular of bere

• “bere” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô (“bear”). Cognate with Old Frisian *bera, Old Saxon bero, Old Dutch *bero, Old High German bero. The oblique stem *bern- gave Old Norse bjǫrn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.rɑ/

bera m

1. bear

Weak:

• bere
• biren

• Middle English: bere
  • English: bear (see there for further descendants)
  • Middle Scots: beir
    • Scots: bear, beir

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲera/

bera

1. genitive singular/dual of bir (“spit”)

• bero

·bera

1. third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of beirid

From Proto-Germanic *beraną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (*bʰer- being the root). Compare Old English beran, Old Saxon beran, Old High German beran, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (bairan).

bera

2. to carry, to bear

• Icelandic: bera
• Faroese: bera
• Norn: bera
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bera
• Elfdalian: bjärå
• Old Swedish: bæra
  • Swedish: bära
• Old Danish: bæræ
  • Danish: bære
    • Norwegian Bokmål: bære

From Proto-Germanic *bazōną.

bera

2. to make bare

• Norwegian Nynorsk: berre

Somehow derived from Proto-Germanic *berô, whence also bjǫrn.

bera f (genitive beru)

2. female bear

   Synonym: birna

• Norwegian Nynorsk: bere f

bera

1. inflection of berr:
   1. positive degree strong feminine accusative singular
   2. positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
   3. positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
   4. positive degree weak feminine nominative singular
   5. positive degree weak neuter singular

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bera1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bera2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bera3”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• "bera", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “bera”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Borrowed from French beurré.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Syllabification: be‧ra
• Homophone: Bera

bera f

1. butter pear (juicy, delicate-textured French variety of pear)

• bera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bera in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• bera in PWN's encyclopedia