murra

• murrha

murra (countable and uncountable, plural murras)

1. (historical) An ornamental stone for vases, etc. described by Pliny, most probably fluorspar; it was first brought to Rome by Pompey, 61 B.C.

• murrhine, murrine

murra

1. hand

• R. H. Mathews (1909) “The Dhudhuroa Language of Victoria”, in American Anthropologist (in Dhudhuroa)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmurːɑˣ/, [ˈmurːɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -urːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mur‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): mur‧ra

murra

1. inflection of murtaa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• myrra, myrrha

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmʊr.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmur.ra]

From Ancient Greek μύρρᾱ (múrrhā), of Semitic origin.

murra f (genitive murrae); first declension

1. myrrh (gum-resin)

First-declension noun.

Of Iranian origin; see modern Persian مروارید (“pearl”). Compare Ancient Greek μόρρια (mórrhia, “agate”), Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”), and perhaps Arabic مَرْو (marw, “pebble, flint, quartz”).

murra f (genitive murrae); first declension

2. a stone (possibly agate) of which precious vessels were made

First-declension noun.

• “murra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “murra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• murra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

murra

1. hand
   • 1886 recorded by W. E. Knight in No. 19 of The Australian Race

Onomatopoeic

murra (present murrar, preterite murrade, supine murrat, imperative murra)

1. to grumble, to murmur (complain under one's breath)

   Synonyms: knorra, knota

• muttra

Perhaps a feminine form of murre (“cat”).

murra c

1. (slang) pussy, snatch (female genitalia)

• kissemurra

• murra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• murra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• murra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Fula Ordboken

• marra
• mura

• Compare Gamilaraay mara.

murra

1. hand