lora
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lora"
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese rolar.
Verb
lora
- to roll
Latin
Etymology 1
Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”), like Latin lavō (“I wash”).[1]
Noun
lōra f (genitive lōrae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | lōra | lōrae |
genitive | lōrae | lōrārum |
dative | lōrae | lōrīs |
accusative | lōram | lōrās |
ablative | lōrā | lōrīs |
vocative | lōra | lōrae |
Etymology 2
Noun
lōra
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of lōrum
References
- “lora”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "lora", 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)
- lora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “alucita”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 33
Naga Pidgin
Etymology
Inherited from Assamese ল’ৰা (löra)
Noun
lora (plural lorakhan)
Nefamese
Etymology
Noun
lora (plural lorabilak)
Papiamentu
Etymology 1
From Portuguese rolar and Kabuverdianu lora.
Verb
lora
Etymology 2
Noun
lora
Sambali
Noun
lorâ
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈloɾa/ [ˈlo.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -oɾa
- Syllabification: lo‧ra
Noun
lora f (plural loras, masculine loro, masculine plural loros)
- female equivalent of loro
- (Argentina, vulgar, rare) prostitute
Usage notes
Although the meaning of "lora" in prostitute woman (vulgar) is rare, the use of the insults and expressions above is more common.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “lora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Turkish
Noun
lora
- dative singular of lor