bira

bira

1. inflection of birë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiɹa/

Cognate with Yankunytjatjara piṟa.

bira

1. moon

bira

1. plucked

• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2019). Barngarlidhi Manoo (Speaking Barngarla Together) (Barngarla Alphabet & Picture Book). p.13,44.
  Part 1 Part 2
• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad and Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann (2018). Online Barngarla Dictionary.
• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2016). Barngarla Aboriginal Language Dictionary App.
  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.regenr8.dictionary.barngarla
  https://apps.apple.com/au/app/barngarla/id1424856161

• IPA^(key): /biɾa/ [bi.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa, -a
• Hyphenation: bi‧ra

bira inan

1. turn
2. half turn
3. tour (a journey through a list of places)
4. (physics) revolution, rotation

bira

1. Third-person plural (haiek) imperative form of izan.

   Synonym: bitez

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edin instead of izan.

bira

1. allative singular of bi

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

Borrowed from Spanish virar.

• Hyphenation: bi‧ra
• IPA^(key): /biˈɾa/ [bɪˈɾ̪a]

birá

1. to pull

   Synonym: bitad

2. to beat up

   Synonym: pawo

3. (slang) to have sex

   Synonym: iyot

4. (slang) an affirmative response to an invite

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓi.ɽá/

birá class 1a (plural abirá class 2)

1. sheep

   Synonym: nkhosa

• biira (Sette Comuni)

Borrowed from Italian birra, from German Bier. Doublet of bir.

bira f

1. (Luserna) beer

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

bira (plural bira-bira)

1. giant taro, elephant ear taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos)

bira (plural biras)

1. beer

bira

1. (Banawá) battery (device storing electricity)

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

bira

1. Rōmaji transcription of ビラ

From Portuguese virar.

bira

1. to turn

Compare Kapampangan bigla, Tagalog bigla, Tausug bigla', and Karao bigla.

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈɾa/ [bɪˈɾä]
• Hyphenation: bi‧ra

bira

1. suprise; quick; sudden

   Synonyms: pangakirut, saguli, bilis, bigla

2. pull or tug

   Synonyms: igutan, batak

3. (by extension) severe beating by way of chastisement

Most likely borrowed from Arabic بِيرَة (bīra) or Hebrew בִּירָה (bíra). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

bira f (Hebrew spelling בירה, plural biras)

1. beer

• “bira”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

• Rhymes: -ɑː

bira

1. as a brother

bira m (plural birayên)

1. brother

• birader

• pira

Monastic borrowing from Medieval Latin pira. The earlier Proto-West Germanic *peru would have yielded Old High German *phera.

bira f

1. pear

• Middle High German: bir, bire, pir
  • Alemannic German: Biire
  • Bavarian: Birn
  • German: Birne
    • → Estonian: pirn
    • → Kashubian: birna
  • Hunsrik: Bern
  • Luxembourgish: Bir
  • Vilamovian: biyn
  • Yiddish: באַר (bar)

From Portuguese virar and Kabuverdianu bira.

bira

1. to turn
2. to bend

Perhaps Borrowed from Venetan bira. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

bira f (plural biras)

1. (South Brazil) beer

   Bora tomar uma bira lá!

   Let's have a beer over there!

• “bira”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025

bira

1. fart sound

Borrowed from Venetan bira or Italian birra.

• IPA^(key): /bîra/

bira f (Cyrillic spelling бира)

1. (Chakavian) beer

From German Bier through the Månsing slang.

bira c

1. (slang) a (glass, bottle, or can of) beer; brewsky.

   knäcka en bira

   crack a beer

• bir
• bärs
• pilsner

• tåbira

Probably from Austronesian; compare Proto-Sangiric *biʀas ("rice")

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɾa/

bira

1. rice

• Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Borrowed from Spanish virar (“to veer”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /biˈɾa/ [bɪˈɾa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: bi‧ra

birá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ)

1. strong or violent pull or tug
2. severe beating by way of chastisement

Borrowed from Spanish vida (“life”). Doublet of bida.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbiɾa/ [ˈbiː.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Syllabification: bi‧ra

bira (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ) (endearing, obsolete)

1. a term of endearment used for young children

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbiɾaʔ/ [ˈbiː.ɾɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -iɾaʔ
• Syllabification: bi‧ra

birà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ) (obsolete)

1. alternative form of dira

• “bira”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

• rabi, abri

Probably from Austronesian; compare Proto-Sangiric *biʀas ("rice"). Compare to Indonesian beras.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbi.ɾa]

bira (Jawi بيراة)

1. rice (cooked or uncooked)

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jíbɪda (“to sink”).

-bira (infinitive kubira)

1. (intransitive) to sink (in water)
   1. (by extension) to be drowned
2. to bathe

• -bizga (“to sink”)

• William Y. Turner (1996) Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎^[2], Central Africana Limited, page 255

From Ottoman Turkish بیرا, بیره (bira), from Italian birra.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbi.ɾɑ]

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bira (definite accusative birayı, plural biralar)

1. beer

• The plural form is mainly used when referring to types of beer.

• birahane

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “bira”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

bira f (plural bire)

1. beer