kora

From Bambara kɔ́ra.

kora (plural koras)

1. (music) A type of harp played in West Africa.
   • 2009 April 17, The New York Times, “Pop Listings”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     He is performing here with his Symmetric Orchestra, an ensemble of West African musicians who play both traditional instruments (kora, balafon, bolombatto, djembe) and slightly more contemporary ones (guitars, keyboards).

• koraist

• kora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• kora-kora (etymologically unrelated)

• akro-, okra

From koro (“heart”) +‎ -a (adjectival suffix).

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkora/
• Rhymes: -ora
• Hyphenation: ko‧ra

kora (accusative singular koran, plural koraj, accusative plural korajn)

1. relating to the heart; cardiac
2. heartfelt, cordial

• IPA^(key): [ˈkorɒ]
• Hyphenation: ko‧ra
• Homophone: Cora (hypermarket in Hungary between 1997 and 2012)
• Rhymes: -rɒ

Back-formation from korán (“early”).

kora (comparative (archaic) korább, superlative (archaic) legkorább)

1. early (near the start or beginning)

   kora nyár ― early summer

2. early (at a time in advance of the usual or expected event)

   kora halál ― an early death

• korai

(Compound words):

• koraszülött

kor (“age”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

kora

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

   az ő kora ― his/her age

• korabeli
• kori (Etymology 2)

• kora in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

kora

1. Rōmaji transcription of コラ
2. Rōmaji transcription of こら

kora m

1. genitive singular of koris

kora n

1. definite singular of kor

• (noun): IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.rɑ/
• (verb): IPA^(key): /²kuː.rɑ/

kora n

1. definite singular of kor

kora (present tense korar, past tense kora, past participle kora, passive infinitive korast, present participle korande, imperative kora/kor)

1. alternative form of kore

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: ko‧ra

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kora. Doublet of skóra, szer, and szkier.

kora f

1. bark (of trees)
2. crust
3. cortex

kora f

1. (sculpture) kore

kora f

1. kora (string instrument)

• kora in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

kora f

1. (botany) bark, crust (Dolenjski Romani dialect)

• Cech, Petra & Heinschink, Mozes F. (2002). Vokabular der Dolenjski Roma aus Novo Mesto und Bela Krajina, Slowenien. Grazer Linguistische Studien.

-kóra (infinitive gukóra, perfective -kóze)

1. do
2. work
3. fix

• -koresha
• umukozi

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kora.

• IPA^(key): /kôra/
• Hyphenation: ko‧ra

kȍra f (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ра)

1. bark (of trees)
2. crust

• “kora”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Inherited from Old Swedish kora, from Middle Low German koren. Cognate of Norwegian Bokmål kåre. From Proto-Germanic *kuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-. Compare origin of kurfurste, tjusa, villkor.

• IPA^(key): /koːra/, /kuːra/

kora (present korar, preterite korade, supine korat, imperative kora)

1. choose, appoint

• kora in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kora in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kora in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kora in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

kora

1. dative singular of kor

Borrowed from Polish kara.

kora f

1. punishment

   Synonym: śtröf

From Proto-Finnic *kora

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkorɑ/, [ˈkorɑ]
• Rhymes: -orɑ
• Hyphenation: ko‧ra

kora

1. woodpecker

Declension of kora (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kora	korad
genitive	kora	korijõ, korii
partitive	korra	koriitõ, korii
illative	korrasõ, korra	koriisõ
inessive	koraz	koriiz
elative	korassõ	koriissõ
allative	koralõ	koriilõ
adessive	korallõ	koriillõ
ablative	koraltõ	koriiltõ
translative	korassi	koriissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kora”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn